One girl’s journey from war-torn Sierra Leone to ballet stardom
As a frightened young orphan in war-torn Sierra Leone, Michaela DePrince found solace in a photo of a ballerina torn from a magazine.
Here she tells the deeply moving story of the atrocities she witnessed, and her incredible journey to becoming an international ballet star.
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Motion creates emotion – I just don’t feel like it
Does that sound familiar? I had someone in my audience recently say; “Chip, I know what to do to get back in shape, I just don’t feel like it! What do I do?” I told her she must first get a crystal clear, compelling, emotional, urgent reason to take action now to get back in shape. Why is it something you MUST do right now?
She said it resonated with her when I mentioned in my program that the best gift she can give her family is to take great care of herself. She needs put herself first more often. She had not been doing that for many years she said and it impacted not only her physical appearance but her energy level, stress level and the example she was setting for her kids. Those are compelling reasons!
We went a little deeper on what it has cost her in the past, costing her now and what the implications are in the future if she did not change no? I asked how proud she would be in one year and what would change in her life for the positive? She gave me a great list. I asked her what has stopped her in the past from making the change? She said, “Sometimes I just don’t feel like it.”
I know I have felt like that too. I For example – ask, “how would I be breathing if I were totally confident I will take action now?” Stand up, breathe that way and get in motion. My best advice is when you want to take action and feel that way – immediately change your physiology! I mean get in motion because motion creates emotion. If sitting – stand, if standing start walking – MOVE. I think you have about a 3 second window to take immediate action.
We all have our moments where you just don’t feel like it. I have been on a 21 month streak of doing push-ups. I am almost to 30,000 and have averaged 43 a day. When that alarm goes off every day sometimes I just don’t want to…but my tactic is to immediately stand up if sitting – that quick decision makes ALL the difference and get them done. If I stayed sitting I would not take action.
It also helps that I have such a long streak going. I will NOT kill it. It is too important now. I made the decision to do them every day forever – at least 28 a day which is 10,000 a year. Give this strategy a try – motion creates emotion – you have 3 seconds to take action. It works!
Carpe Diem
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#Respect (post from Frank Somerville)
These are the three Americans who stopped what probably would have been a massacre on board a train in France.
I can’t even begin to say how impressed I am by what they did.
They didn’t stop and think about what was happening.
They just reacted.
When they saw the gunman and heard him trying to cock the gun they said:
“Let’s go, go!”
They easily could have been killed.
Instead they captured the gunman.
And potentially saved everyone on board that train.
Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler.
They make me proud to be an American.
Pictures courtesy Philippe Huguen/Agence France-Presse and Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
The Hero of the Day (post from John Tesh)
Hero of the Day: Malyk Bonnet!
This teen from Montreal went above and beyond to save a kidnapped woman!
Malyk was making his way home after finishing his shift at a local restaurant. At the bus stop, he noticed a couple fighting. They approached him and asked for bus fare.
Malyk says he got a funny feeling, but he agreed to help them out.
Not wanting to leave the young woman alone, Malyk changed his destination to travel the same route as the couple.
He wanted to keep an eye on them so the woman wouldn’t get hurt, so after their bus ride, Malyk invited the couple to grab something to eat with him.
He then made an excuse about using the restroom so he could get away and call the police.
Little did Malyk know the police had been desperately searching for the couple after the woman’s family reported her missing earlier that day.
Across Canada, Malyk is being praised for the extraordinary measures he took to protect the woman.
Malyk says: “I don’t think of myself as a hero, I’m just a normal guy. I guess I saved a life, though, and that’s really awesome.”
The Gift of Attention (post by Kirk Weisler)
The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.
– Richard Moss
Who can you give this gift to today?
Kirk Out.
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