WHAT A FANTASTIC MOVIE IDEA - "Defying Death In Hagerstown" the NEW novel by John Paul Carinci

Subject:  WHAT A FANTASTIC MOVIE IDEA - "Defying Death In Hagerstown" the NEW novel by John Paul Carinci

JUST PUBLISHED novel... 

The long awaiting novel: "Defying Death In Hagerstown"

is now available in paperback, and due for distribution by 4-2015. I can send a copy for you to consider.

This unique story was influenced by an actual 1923 diary, though the book is in fact fiction, the diary plays a big part of solving a mystery in the novel.

    

 Here's the latest on John's HAGERSTOWN NOVEL "DEFYING DEATH IN HAGERSTOWN"

Staten Islander - John Paul Carinci’s Pens his 8^th Book Based On A 1923 Diary

Insurance executive and native Islander, John Paul Carinci has written his 8^th book, to be published in early 2015 by Morgan James Publishing. The novel, entitled "Defying Death In Hagerstown" was inspired by an actual diary from 1923.

The idea for this fiction book happened by accident, when John won a diary from EBay, which was penned in 1923, by a young woman from Hagerstown Md.  AMAZON LINK:  http://www.amazon.com/Defying-Death-Hagerstown-John-Carinci/dp/1630473510/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408391977&sr=1-10&keywords=carinci

 The 90 year old diary of 365 pages, was fully handwritten by a woman known only as Lolita. “I knew there was a story there somewhere, but more importantly I was drawn into the time, the young woman, the love interest she had throughout the year,” Carinci says.

“I was CONSUMED with finding out who and whatever happened to this Lolita from Hagerstown Md. It took years to find out who she was, that she married the love interest, and when she passed on. SO, I wrote a novel, based on a character from Hagerstown, named Lolita,” he added.

The story revolves around a young newspaper reporter, who is rapidly self- destructing, after a bad breakup with his fiancée, and who has a drinking problem, is a real mess at work, and is ready to be fired.

His last chance assignment is to go to Hagerstown, Md.  and interview a centenarian wonder woman of 110 years old, named Lolita, who resides in a nursing home.  The reporter later uncovers the diary from 1923, and that Lolita, in 1923, lived through a mass murder spree of 3 of her young girlfriends in Hagerstown that still was unsolved. The reporter sees a real story in the murders, and is consumed with investigating and solving this 90 year old mystery. But someone in Hagerstown is rattled by his nosing around, and bullets fly, and someone is killed.  

The book will be available soon on Amazon.

John has also published his 9th book, a self help book entitled: "Awesome Success Principles and Quotations," published through AuthorHouse publishing. He his currently working on his 9^th book, a novel taking place in Gettysburg, Pa.

John P. Carinci
Carinci Insurance Agency.inc.
62 Memphis Ave.
Staten Island, N.Y. 10312
Tel.:718-966-8988
Fax: 718-966-8931
www.johncarinci.com

 

Louis Gerhani is a hard drinking, heartbroken, newspaper reporter for the Washington Gazette. He is disinterested in life after his fiancé left him for a doctor, and his final assignment in order to retain his job is to write a full story on Lolita Croome, an 110 year old, philosophical woman, and the oldest living person in the country, who resides in a nursing home in Hagerstown Maryland.
As he reluctantly begins the assignment, he uncovers a 90 year old unsolved triple murder of three young women, that Lolita lived through, and a full diary from Lolita from 1923, the year of the murders.

Consumed with solving the murders, turning out the story of a lifetime, and using the diary, Lou begins to wake a sleeping giant that someone is clearly trying to keep unsolved at all costs.

Major violence erupts in this quiet town as Lou tries desperately to stay alive, finish the story, solve the murders, fall in love, and learn from a very wise, old woman.

Defying Death In Hagerstown is the page turner on the century.

REVIEWS:

"John Paul Carinci delivers yet another top-notch thriller!  Defying Death in Hagerstown is a compelling and authentic exposition of the classic murder mystery. It has everything--shocking crime, compelling characters and a clever, clever plot. Get ready to stay up all night!"

~Brien Jones, author of The New Manuscript

"A Masterful Book. John Paul Carinci writes with beauty and elegance of one man's journey from hopelessness to the miracle of life. An amazing read you'll remember for its mystery and wonder long after its ending!"

Ellen Marie George, author of Flutterby

“I am blown away! This was a great read. You have a special gift with creating characters that live and breathe.”

Carol Rehman author

(excerpt from the new action novel: “Defying Death In Hagerstown”:

As I exited the news building, the day’s activity and stress finally hit

me. I was exhausted, mentally more than physically. My legs felt like

they had heavy weights attached, and my back felt like I had just played

a full game of football against the Dallas Cowboys.

 

The air was warm and breezy as I crossed the street to where my

car was parked. My mind was working overtime in calculations and

thoughts of the entire day, of murder victims, of Lolita, and my

newfound acquaintances who had been so helpful in my investigation.

As I crossed the empty and dead-quiet street, a dark car suddenly

swerved toward me with a screech of tires that shocked me to attention.

My eyes quickly focused on the vehicle, tires smoking as it raced right at

me. The split second I had to think convinced me that I was a dead man.

My first reaction was to run, but tired feet cannot outrun a car gunned

full-out with a head of steam.

 

Before I could move a muscle, I heard a loud slapping sound of

hands, arms, body; I saw bright lights . . . and then total blackness.

 

It’s amazing how fast a calculation the human brain can make

in a life-or-death situation, convincing the person in that tenth of a

second that their chances of surviving their current severe situation are

almost zero percent. My situation was no different. My mind came up

with me hitting a half-billion-dollar lottery faster than surviving that

oncoming car.

 

The darkness quickly turned bright, and I saw my mother and

deceased father as they looked when they had just been married. They

were smiling at me as they were illuminated in very bright light, as if a

spotlight was shining on them. All I could do was stare. No words were

spoken; there was just brightness, happiness, calmness, and peace—

perfectly quiet peace. Heavenly, I thought, and then, Me? Heaven? Now?

No way! But if this isn’t heaven, what is it?

 

We all hear about tunnels of bright light, of relatives greeting the

new arrivals, and some convincing the person who’s near death that it

isn’t their time yet and they must go back. I waited, but there was no

sign, no communication, no tunnel, and no movement. Just peace and

quiet like I’d never experienced before.

 

Then suddenly, the bright light grew brighter, blinding, as my

parents disappeared and were replaced with just pure light. I wasn’t

scared or worried about hell or heaven. I didn’t want to wake up, or go

back home, or do anything but bask in the glorious bright light and

perfect silence—a silence I had always yearned for but had never found,

a silence that solved all the problems of the world. Maybe this is it! I

thought, hoping that heaven was waiting for me.

 

But suddenly I heard a noise that shattered the silence, though I

couldn’t decipher the sounds or even where they were coming from.

They grew louder, and the light grew intensely bright in my eyes. Louder

still, a man’s voice spoke: “Okay . . . it’s okay . . . .”

 

My eyes slowly opened and focused on a man with a beard—a

doctor.

C-2014 John Paul Carinci  from Defying Death In Hagerstown

 

 

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DEFYING DEATH IN HAGERSTOWN (excerpt from the new novel) by JOHN PAUL CARINCI 9 time published author

(excerpt from the new action novel: “Defying Death In Hagerstown”:

As I exited the news building, the day’s activity and stress finally hit

me. I was exhausted, mentally more than physically. My legs felt like

they had heavy weights attached, and my back felt like I had just played

a full game of football against the Dallas Cowboys.

The air was warm and breezy as I crossed the street to where my

car was parked. My mind was working overtime in calculations and

thoughts of the entire day, of murder victims, of Lolita, and my

newfound acquaintances who had been so helpful in my investigation.

As I crossed the empty and dead-quiet street, a dark car suddenly

swerved toward me with a screech of tires that shocked me to attention.

My eyes quickly focused on the vehicle, tires smoking as it raced right at

me. The split second I had to think convinced me that I was a dead man.

My first reaction was to run, but tired feet cannot outrun a car gunned

full-out with a head of steam.

Before I could move a muscle, I heard a loud slapping sound of

hands, arms, body; I saw bright lights . . . and then total blackness.

It’s amazing how fast a calculation the human brain can make

in a life-or-death situation, convincing the person in that tenth of a

second that their chances of surviving their current severe situation are

almost zero percent. My situation was no different. My mind came up

with me hitting a half-billion-dollar lottery faster than surviving that

oncoming car.

The darkness quickly turned bright, and I saw my mother and

deceased father as they looked when they had just been married. They

were smiling at me as they were illuminated in very bright light, as if a

spotlight was shining on them. All I could do was stare. No words were

spoken; there was just brightness, happiness, calmness, and peace—

perfectly quiet peace. Heavenly, I thought, and then, Me? Heaven? Now?

No way! But if this isn’t heaven, what is it?

We all hear about tunnels of bright light, of relatives greeting the

new arrivals, and some convincing the person who’s near death that it

isn’t their time yet and they must go back. I waited, but there was no

sign, no communication, no tunnel, and no movement. Just peace and

quiet like I’d never experienced before.

Then suddenly, the bright light grew brighter, blinding, as my

parents disappeared and were replaced with just pure light. I wasn’t

scared or worried about hell or heaven. I didn’t want to wake up, or go

back home, or do anything but bask in the glorious bright light and

perfect silence—a silence I had always yearned for but had never found,

a silence that solved all the problems of the world. Maybe this is it! I

thought, hoping that heaven was waiting for me.

But suddenly I heard a noise that shattered the silence, though I

couldn’t decipher the sounds or even where they were coming from.

They grew louder, and the light grew intensely bright in my eyes. Louder

still, a man’s voice spoke: “Okay . . . it’s okay . . . .”

My eyes slowly opened and focused on a man with a beard—a

doctor.

C-2014 John Paul Carinci  from Defying Death In Hagerstownhttp://www.amazon.com/Defying-Death-Hagerstown-Morgan-Fiction/dp/1630473510/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

**Hope**  (Excerpt from John's New Book "AWESOME SUCCESS PRINCIPLES")

“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so

great and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something

better tomorrow.”

--Orison Sweet Marden

I watched the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. The

hosting city was Sochi, in Russia. Sochi was selected as

the host city in July of 2007, during the 119th Olympic

Committee session in Guatemala City. Whenever I think

of hope, I automatically think of athletes, and specifically

Olympic athletes who compete.

I have been fortunate to befriend an Olympic multi

medal champion named Bob Richards, who won medals

in the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics. Bob has been a real

inspiration to me over the past 37 years. Bob once said,

“Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles.”

The Olympic athlete works many years at their chosen

sport, Hoping and striving for that one golden chance at

competing in an Olympic game. The odds of being chosen

are very slim, yet they practice up to 12 hours per day for

many years, with hope in their hearts at making that special

team. Then, once they are blessed at making it into an

Olympic competition, they basically have a precious few

minutes to either make it or break it for a medal.

One very successful champion was Jesse Owens. Talk

about having hope. Jesse was discriminated against in the

1936 summer games that took place in Berlin.

In 1936 Jesse Owens arrived at the summer Olympics

in Berlin. Even though there was hatred all around him in

Hitler’s Germany he fought hard and won a total of four

gold medals. Hitler despised Owen for competing and worse

yet for winning four gold medals in his country.

Still, Owens fought through all the hated and prejudice

of the times in the German country, and made a great

name for himself and became a hero in America. Hope and

inspiration? Of course. He has inspired countless young men

and women, of his own race and all others, too.

Owens won his four gold medals in the 100 meter,

200 meter, long jump and 4 x 100 meter relay. During

the Games Jesse broke an astounding 11 previous Olympic

records. He finally defeated Lutz Lang in a very close long

jump final. Owens, despite all the prejudice and odds against

him, achieved a great accomplishment. In fact, all these years

later one of the Olympic gold medals that Owens won from

the 1936 games sold for $1.4 million in an auction.

**Desiderata**

*****************

“Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,

and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender,

be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others,

even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their

story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious

to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others,

you may become vain or bitter, for always

there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;

it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is

full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;

many persons strive for high ideals,

and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.

Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity

and disenchantment;

it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,

gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden

misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and

the stars;

you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you,

no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore, be at peace with God,

whatever you conceive Him to be.

And whatever your labors and aspirations

in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,

it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.”

--Max Ehrmann

Hope and Belief in One’s Own Mission

************************************************

Sir James Dyson is a British industrialist who is best

know these days of the inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless

vacuum cleaner. This newfangled vacuum cleaner has now

become the top selling cleaner that is currently sold. The

biggest benefits of the vacuum cleaner are: No bags or filters

to buy. No extra costs. Since Dyson’s vacuums don’t use bags,

they have lifetime washable filters.

Dyson’s new invention didn’t come easy. As with other

inventors of the past he struggled for many years. Dyson

had real perseverance, because he went through 5,126 failed

prototypes and much of his savings over a 15 year period.

Many successful businessmen first go through much of their

savings, and risk bankruptcy before finally getting it right.

Dyson once was asked about his many failures before

his ultimate success with his finished product, he responded

this way: “I made 5,127 prototypes of my vacuum before I

got it right. There were 5,126 failures. But I learned from

each one. That’s how I came up with a solution. So I don’t

mind failure. I’ve always thought that school children should

be marked by the number of failures they’ve had. The child

who tries strange things and experiences lots of failures to get

there is probably more creative. We’re taught to do things the

right way. But if you want to discover something that other

people haven’t, you need to do things the wrong way. Initiate

a failure by doing something that’s very silly, unthinkable,

naughty, dangerous. Watching why that fails can take you

on a completely different path. It’s exciting, actually. To me,

solving problems is a bit like a drug. You’re on it, and you

can’t get off. I spent seven years on our washing machine.”

“An inventor’s path is chorused with groans, riddled

with fist-banging and punctuated by head scratches.”

--Sir James Dyson

C-2015 JOHN PAUL CARINCI

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New Action Thriller Novel Of The Decade DEFYING DEATH IN HAGERSTOWN

Review  DEFYING DEATH IN HAGERSTOWN

"John Paul Carinci delivers yet another top-notch thriller! Defying Death in Hagerstown is a compelling and authentic exposition of the classic murder mystery. It has everything--shocking crime, compelling characters and a clever, clever plot. Get ready to stay up all night!" ~Brien Jones, author of The New Manuscript and Mammoth Hunt.
"A Masterful Book. John Paul Carinci writes with beauty and elegance of one man's journey from hopelessness to the miracle of life. An amazing read you'll remember for its mystery and wonder long after its ending!" Ellen Marie George, author of Flutterby, and the upcoming book, THIRST

“I am blown away! This was a great read. You have a special gift with creating characters that live and breathe.” Carol Rehman author, entrepreneur

Book Description

A 1923 diary uncovers leads to solving a mass murder from the same year, while bullets fly in present day to keep the answers hidden.

About the Author

John Paul Carinci has been a successful insurance executive and president of Carinci Insurance Agency, Inc., for over 35 years. John is also an author, songwriter, poet, and CEO of Better Off Dead Productions. Some of John’s books include: "An All-Consuming Desire To Succeed," "The Power of Being Different," "In Exchange of Life," "Share Your Mission #5," "A Second Chance," "The Psychic Boy Detective," "Better Off Dead," "Better Off Dead In Paradise," "Defying Death In Hagerstown," and "A Gift from Above." John has given over 100 radio and television interviews over the past 15 years.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

“Sergeant, who is this Billy Blaine character?” I asked.
“Blaine is a young career criminal. All small stuff—assault and battery, larceny, harassment, and stalking. But never any killing. There are no ties between him and Hagerstown at all. He’s been in and out of prison since age seventeen, never holds down a job, but never shot up a gas station and police officer before. So, he’s now graduated to a new level of threat and is armed and now extremely dangerous.

“Why me?”

“Well, he clearly thinks you have leads on the murders of 1923, and he is either protecting someone connected somehow to the murders, or someone hired him to take you out. Keep in mind that he isn’t trying to spook you; rather, he wants you six feet under. And remember, Felicia may also be a target, and anyone else you chum up with until you come to your senses and leave us all alone in our normally boring little town. Either you are very stupid or you want to be a front-page martyr in your own newspaper. But stop risking other people’s lives in Hagerstown!”

“I’ll be gone soon, Sarge.”

“Maybe in a body bag,” he laughed coldly.

“Well, I want to get on the road to the farm, if it’s all right with you.”

“Not so fast, bubba. We have to look that car of yours over real well before you take off in it.”

"What?”

“You heard me right. To a killer, that car could be an extended weapon. A way for them to murder you without touching you directly.”

“I see.”

“I don’t think you really do, but I’ll explain on the way.”

The sergeant explained that killers can rig a car to blow up when the ignition switch is activated.

“Okay, my car is right in back of the hotel, in the parking lot. It’s the red Malibu late model with some damage on the bumper.”

“Oh, you’re a drunk driver, too?”

“Not exactly, though I do drink a little too much. No, I got rear-ended by a Lincoln Navigator the other day.”

“Oh, so you’re one of those heavy-footed brake drivers?”

“You think I stopped short and caused my own accident? What, are you crazy?” I yelled, now frustrated. The sergeant made his way over to my car and started to get under it and look around. He walked all around the car, noticing the damage from the accident, then looked me up and down, sizing me up.

“Okay, it was my fault, the accident,” I laughed.

He squinted at me, then moved on. For a solid five minutes he inspected my car, opening the doors, looking inside and under the seats. He popped the hood and looked at everything inside.

“See, I told you everything is fine, Sergeant,” I said. “Who wants to screw around with a Chevy Malibu?”

The sergeant promptly radioed in a request for a tow truck to pick up the car.

“Oh, hold on there, Sergeant Pawler. You can’t do that!”

“Oh, please excuse me, Mr. Gerhani,” he said sarcastically. “Listen here, Gerhani, I am ordered by Captain Krolm to keep your ass safe. It’s not something I want to do, but I must. So, until you take your sorry ass out of my town and go back to the most corrupt city in the world, you’re stuck with me. Get it?” he snarled.

“Oh, I got it, all right!”

In five minutes the tow truck pulled up. I realized it was Wally from Wally’s, the station he owns, and where Brian was hurt by Billy Blaine.

“Are you in trouble again?” Wally joked. “What, are you stuck?”

Pawler took control of the conversation, and Wally quickly attached my car to the lift on the tow truck.

“Sergeant, I’ll give it a good going-over back at the shop. We’ll see if anything is out of whack,” Wally said.

We drove behind Wally back to the station, where he had my car up on the lift within a few minutes. The station was relatively empty except for the occasional gas customer passing through. It was nice to see that Brian Fawlta, the gas station attendant, had returned to work. He told me that he was back to normal except for a large bump on the back of his head that was taking its time to go away.

“How’s the story going?” he asked excitedly.

I told him very little, mostly just about Lolita and the nursing home.

“I never went in that nursing home yet,” he said.

All I could do was be happy for Brian because a nursing home can be a very depressing place to visit. The residents are making the best of the hand they have been dealt in life, but being exposed to all that sickness, I feel, can be deflating to young people who are always so gung-ho about life. On the other hand, some people feel that young people should be exposed to the sick and elderly in order to be awakened to the brevity of life and encouraged to make the most of their time. Isn’t it great that there are always at least two points of view for any scenario? Strong arguments for any side you may be taking.

Wally worked at inspecting my car as if the president were going to be riding in it, while Pawler looked on and Brian bent my ear.

“So, how long you staying? Oh, and I heard there was a shooting at the police station by that Billy Blaine creep.”

“Yeah, Brian, you believe that hard-on, Blaine, shooting an officer in the station house? That’s real big balls!”

“It’s all been in the papers, you know. Shame you didn’t write the stories. They even wrote about someone trying to run you down. Think it was Blaine, Lou?”

We spoke for a few minutes more. I found out that Brian was going to night school. He wanted to be an architect. I commended him on his choice, telling him to stick it out and that it is far better to choose a career that uses your brain rather than your body, as a body will break down and become less reliable as one ages; eventually it’ll get hard to continue with merely muscle instead of brains.

He listened intently, again putting me on a pedestal, as many in his town had done. Except, of course, for Billy Blaine and the town’s law enforcement.

Wally had motioned for Pawler and me to come closer, underneath the car raised on the lift. I looked first at the lift, then at my car, and then I slowly made my way under the middle of the raised vehicle. I was always paranoid about extremely heavy objects raised right above my head. I hoped Wally would talk fast. I couldn’t take another hit in the head, I thought.

“Lou,” Wally began, “someone clearly wants you dead. I’ve seen many instances of someone putting the fear of God in someone by modifying and rigging something on a person’s vehicle, but here someone wanted to do you in for sure!”

“So, Sergeant Pawler was correct,” I said, as I looked apologetically at Pawler, then at Wally, and waited.

“Oh, he was right on!” Wally smiled.

“Gerhani, I thought back at the hotel parking lot I saw a drop of brake fluid on a rear brake line, so as a precaution I had the vehicle pulled in without anyone starting it up,” Pawler said.

HAPPINESS IS AN ATTITUDE - GET ONE!!!!

**Happiness is An Attitude** (excerpt from John's book)
"The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready. As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window. "I love it," she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy. "Mrs. Jones, you haven't seen the room .... just wait." "That doesn't have anything to do with it," she replied. "Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it ... It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I've stored away ... just for this time in my life."

“Make it a point to do something every day that you don’t want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.”
-- Mark Twain

Affirmations will change your life forever, but only if you desire that change. The opposite is also true, negative thoughts will result in vibes that will fan the flames of negativity. The choice is yours. It always has been your choice to be happy, to be sad, to be positive, or to be negative. It is your life, don’t ever let anyone rain on your parade or lead you down a road of doom and gloom.
Every day you can choose to practice the art of positive affirmations, and continue these affirmations throughout the day, and every day for life. Trust me, it will change you life. These positive affirmations will become a great asset to you, and become a habit after a few weeks.
As you practice this newfound positive affirmations habit, any negativity you hear will bounce off of your positive thinking mind as nonsense. You will see that negativity will slowly affect you far less than any other time before."

To Be Successful The Self-Suggestion Must Be:
1- Believable.
2- Reasonable. It must be within your ability to make it happen. An impossible task will not be
accepted by the subconscious.
3- The subconscious mind must be convinced by reaffirming positive thoughts, by “selling” yourself about why your life and the world around you are positive experiences.

Let me present an example of a self-suggestion that can help you: “I feel fantastic!” Then you say, “You know I really do feel fantastic because I'm alive. I'm healthy. I'm free. I can talk. I can see. I've got my mind, and no matter what happens - no one can take this away from me. I really do feel fantastic.”

“Not doing more than the average
is what keeps the average down.”
--William M. Winans

c-2014 JOHN PAUL CARINCI FROM THE BOOK Awesome Success Principles

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MORE THAN A MAN

More Than A Man

He is more than a man,

Who lifts another up,

Who convinces us all that we can,

And inspires greatness—through his giving.

 

Who plants a seed of hope,

Deep in someone else,

Then watches it blossom and grow.

Someone who never lets you down.

No, he is more than a man.

 

He is someone to lean on,

Though he may not be near.

And just the thought of his belief,

Can help us master our fear.

 

He is, which inspires us to be.

Our faith endures,

With his enthusiasm as our memory.

Yes, he is more than a man,

He is the messenger of our inspiration.

            --John Paul Carinci C-1995

            (Written for Bob Richards by John)

My mentor and friend, Bob Richards, the great Olympic gold medal champion who graced the cover of the Wheaties Cereal box, said, “Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles.”

I will never forget meeting Bob Richards for the first time. He had become a motivational speaker years after the Olympic Games. He was a powerful motivator. It was Bob’s speech that convinced a 21-year old brand new agent that he could be a huge success.

Many years later I had contacted Bob and told him how he had influenced me to think differently from that day some 25 years earlier, and thanked him for my huge success in insurance sales. Bob was so touched by my letter that he invited me to the 50^th anniversary dinner of the Olympic Games he was part of. It was at the Waldorf Astoria in 1998. I met all the Olympic champions of 1948 and had the great honor of sitting at Bob’ table, and then listening to his current day motivating speech from the main stage. It was a night I will never forget.

All the famous athletes were there. I was able to sit at Bob’s table, and more importantly, hear him give another motivational speech to the Olympic champions from 50 years earlier. It was a magical night I will never forget. Bob Richards was inspirational in my writing self-help books.

I want to give back to society. I want to help that one special person who needs motivation. I want to change one life the way Bob Richards changed my life. It is now over 37 years since that first day I met Bob, and heard his fabulously motivating speech. It reminds me daily that I must dig deep each day to help others.

“How would your life be different if…You stopped worrying about things you can’t control and started focusing on the things you can? Let today be the day…You free yourself from fruitless worry, seize the day and take effective action on things you can change.”

--Steve Maraboli

 

The Most Inspiring Achievers Who Changed Our World Thomas Edison was born in 1847, he was an inventor that helped change our world. Edison filed over 1,000 patents in his lifetime.             Thomas Edison is remembered most for his great invention of the electric light bulb. He also gave us the phonograph, the motion picture camera, an electric car and electric power station.             Edison once said: “During all those years of experimentation and research, I never once made a discovery. All my work was deductive, and the results I achieved were those of invention, pure and simple. I would construct a theory and work on its lines until I found it was untenable... I speak without exaggeration when I say that I have constructed 3,000 different theories in connection with the electric light, each one of them reasonable and apparently likely to be true. Yet only in two cases did my experiments prove the truth of my theory.”

Jesse Owens was an Olympic champion despite experiencing racial discrimination. Owens became a global icon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. By winning Olympic gold in the 100 meter, Owens helped demolish the myth of Hitler's Aryan superiority theory.

Marie Curie, lived from 1867-1934. In an age where few women were able to be educated, Marie Curie became one of the most important scientists of her generation. Her discoveries enabled the development of modern radiation and X-ray. She was one of the few people to receive a Nobel Prize for both medicine and physics.

Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He was the son of a court musician. Early on Beethoven received violin and piano lessons from his father, Johann.

Ludwig van Beethoven was once told by one of his teachers that he had no future career as a composer.

Beethoven would go on to be one of the greatest classical music composers of all time. But by 1816, Beethoven became almost 100% deaf. He soon completely lost his hearing but he managed to continue to compose music.

After he became deaf, he started to observe the vibrations of piano. Beethoven noticed that he could not hear high notes when playing piano.

To hear his own compositions, he sawed the legs off of his piano and placed the piano on the floor, and pressed his ear to the floor as well. He would then proceed to bang on the keys to hear what he had written.

Beethoven’s best known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatas, and 16 string quartets.

C-2014 John Paul Carinci

 

FROM THE NEW SELF HELP BOOK "Awesome Success Principles" By John Paul Carinci

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THE GREATEST LIVING MIRACLE IN THE WORLD!

"The Greatest Living Miracle In The World – IS YOU!
I’ve read that the human body has approximately 70,000
miles of blood vessels. When the heart beats, it circulates
the blood through the entire system of vessels once every
minute. Another amazing fact is that the human brain
weighs only about three pounds, yet it holds an estimated
eighty trillion electrical cells.
Each One Of Us R epresents A Miracle
You are the greatest living miracle in the world! No one else in the
world has your exact eyes, hair, fingerprints, personality, or DNA. The
odds of your being born into the specific person and personality you
are have been estimated at one in 225 billion. You are the most unique person in the world.
By the age of seventy, the average human heart will have beaten twoand-a-half billion times. Your heart pumps over fifty-seven thousandgallons of blood every month. The heart is an amazing organ! There are people alive today who have lived 115 years—you do the math. Suffice it to say that we are each a phenomenal working mechanism that still cannot be duplicated.
No matter what our financial status at this particular moment,
whether we have fifty cents to our name or $50 million, each one of us
is an equally great miracle in the world.
We all may say we are special, but do you believe it with all
your heart?
You are the greatest living miracle in the world. Once you realize
this, you will begin to appreciate just how very special you really are.
Your eyes, if we could place value on them alone, are worth at least a
billion dollars to a person who can’t see. Your hearing ability and your
ability to stand up and walk are awesome blessings.
The question is, are you acting like the greatest living miracle in
the world? Each of us was created by God. A true miracle took place in those nine months of gestation in order for you to be born. Now think about the following question very carefully:
If God presented Himself to you right now, and He just stared at
you without saying a word, just studying you for a few precious seconds,
would you feel proud about your accomplishments thus far in life?
Would you feel that you have used the miracle of your life to the best
of your ability, or would you feel that you have cheated God, slightly
or drastically, in return for the miracle He allowed to be performed
through your birth?
What if, just possibly, we do live on in a special afterlife? What if we
are left to reflect upon our lives in minute detail, second after second,
and we must ponder this life for eternity? I don’t know about you, but I
already want to accomplish much more. You see, I do believe there is an afterlife. I also believe that all your relatives, friends, and acquaintances
who have passed on to this afterlife are observing you, rooting for you,
and anxiously waiting for you to achieve greatness.
Here is a small sample of another affirmation I repeat to myself
every day without modification:
“God loves me unconditionally. He watches over me every single minute of every day, and He roots for me in all that I do. All He asks is that I remain honorable. Jesus and His mother Mary watch over me every single minute of every day, and they root for me in all that I do. All they ask is that I remain honorable. All the relatives, friends, neighbors, and acquaintances who have passed on watch over me every single minute of every day, and they root for me in all that I do. All they ask is that I remain honorable…”
The affirmation goes on for another three minutes. Its sequence has
never changed. You see, it serves as a daily reminder that my life is an
important asset that must not be wasted. And just possibly, if I am being
observed by my grandfather, my grandmother, my father who raised
me, and my uncles who loved me, I will not let them or myself down.
Og Mandino, in his fabulous book The Greatest Salesman in the
World, said it best:
“I will persist until I succeed. I was not delivered into this world in
defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be
prodded by my Shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep
186 An All-Consuming Desire to Succeed
with the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny. I will persist
until I succeed.”
With Vision and Dreams You Can Succeed
Who would ever think that putting rivets onto pants would be
accepted by consumers?
Levi Strauss and his partner Jacob Davis believed they had something
revolutionary when they invented the first blue jeans in 1873. They
had come up with the idea of placing rivets at the points of strain on
workers’ pants. They put rivets at the pocket corners and the base of the
fly, and used special material for strength. What a brilliant idea! But we
know that new, revolutionary ideas are not always well received at first.
Well, as they say, the rest is history. In the case of the Levi Strauss
jeans, they were a hit! Workers loved them, and soon everyone was
wearing the very durable pants that could outlast all other such products.
Imagine a product invented in 1873 and whose basic concept is still
used all these years later. Think outside the box. Those who do so usually
achieve greatness, as Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis did.
C-JOHN PAUL CARINCI 2000 from the book AN ALL-CONSUMING DESIRE TO SUCCEED John Paul Carinci
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