**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**
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“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
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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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