Have you seen the movie “Front of the Class”? This movie is now a part of my collection. Why?

It is the true story of Brad Cohen who despite some great obstacles and setbacks in life pressed forward to achieve his dream. Brad has tourette syndrome.

Brad and his mother did not listen to the ridicule and negative voices around them. Brad’s mother was very supportive and refused to let her son join the group of those who simply resigned to their challenges and gave up. She has a champion mindset!

Today Brad Cohen is acclaimed as: “Nationally Recognized Teacher, Award Winning Author, ‘Front of the Class’ Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie, and Motivational speaker”.

Yet he spent his childhood being thrown out of his classroom because his tourette syndrome was disruptive to the class. His teacher simply thought he was being the “class clown”.

This is an inspiring and motivating movie, a must have for your collection. It will motivate you to believe that you too can overcome anything in life.

You can find the movie here: Front of the Class (Hallmark Hall of Fame: Gold Crown Collector’s Edition)

A champion is not someone who has reached victory via an easy path. You will more than likely have to fight hard and jump over many obstacles, to make your victory happen.

If you made a decision to win no matter what, before obstacles showed up, then giving up will never be an option.

That’s what makes YOU a champion. The key word is DECIDE At any given point, you can decide to win or you can decide to give up.

A champion is someone:

• who knows where he/she is going. A champion has a clear sense of direction and does not let anything stop them from reaching their goal.
  
  
• who has an intense desire to achieve victory in their chosen course. This desire leads him/her to spend the necessary time and effort it takes to continually train and develop himself for the success he is planning to achieve.
  
  
• who has the discipline and determination to continue on his/her course no matter what happens.
  

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That is the difference between a champion and a defeatist. It is not the things that happen to them, it is what they do with those things.

• A champion DECIDES to SUCCEED, no matter what happens!
• A defeatist uses those same “happenings” as an excuse to give up!

This is the master key:
You always have the ability to choose to succeed. The choices you make greatly depend on your thoughts and words.

One of the main things that helps motivate us to choose success is the power of right words spoken to us and the thoughts that are resident in our minds.

The Influence Words Can Have On Our Lives
I understand very well the influence that words can have in our lives. Dad often used to call me “The Champ”. Despite the many difficulties and even tragedies experienced in the past years, I am still running the race! Why?

I am convinced that my father’s words greatly influenced my motivation to keep going when things seemed impossible. After all “Champs” don’t give up ever!

Anyone who has tried serving on a mission field in a foreign country will know how difficult it can be at times. When things got tough for me, my friends from the church at home would always tell me “I have never seen a straight jacket you could not get out of” – I always got out! How did I do that?

Again, I am convinced that it was that group of friends cheering me on with their words, thoughts and prayers that gave me the strength to find a way out of all the difficulties that were thrown in my path.

Nothing Need Stop You!
You too can get out of any straight jacket that circumstances may have tried to put on you, and jump over every obstacle that may come your way!

We want to be a part of that cheer group that keeps you inspired and determined to keep moving towards reaching your highest goals!

With the help of this blog, we want to speak words to you that will encourage, challenge, inspire and motivate you to keep going and reach your highest levels of success for your life.

Five things to consider today:

• What words am I constantly hearing around me?
• Do these words build my morale or tear me down?
• What thoughts am I allowing to reside in my mind every day?
• Are these words building my morale or tearing it down?
• What am I going to do about the words and thoughts that are not helping me?