

Never Ever Give Up Hope
Carol Graham
Stories of ordinary people who have experienced the extraordinary and gone from hopelessness to success
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Apr 2, 2024 • 39min
Do You Want To Know How to Channel Your Inner Awesome?
Cam F Awesome has experienced the kind of devastation few of us ever will—he was suspended from the U.S. Olympic boxing team months before the London games. But he did not give up. In fact, he went on to create a new name and life and earn more championships than any other boxer in America. And he doesn't even like boxing. As a kid, Cam F. Awesome was bullied but found his strength in boxing. Today Cam is known as "The Motivational Comic," a former Olympic Heavyweight and multi-time National Champion boxer with over 400 wins. He rose to fame after being featured in the Netflix documentary "Counter Punch," which chronicled his Olympic journey. In his interview, Cam discusses these topics: 1. An Attitude of Gratitude 2. Channeling Your Inner Awesome 3. Building Confidence through preparation 4. If you can fail without being discouraged, success is inevitable 5. How Cam escaped bullying and became America's #1 boxer We are honored to have Cam with us today to share his triumph over adversity. CLICK HERE TO BUY Becoming Awesome - Making Success Inevitable With a unique brand of humor and transparency, Cam has become a sought-after motivational speaker in both academic and business settings. Sharing scenes from his colorful life, he engages audiences and readers with some unique lessons: · How to come back from a catastrophe—even one that costs your dreams and livelihood. · How a fool-proof equation can help you develop goals and keep focused on them. · Why it is vital to chase after failure rather than avoiding it. · Why humility may not be all it is cracked up to be. · How to balance the importance of having a Plan B with the motivation of desperation. · How to develop healthy social media habits (no, healthy and social media are not oxymorons). · How to be your own biggest fan! Unlike other books that urge you to put the phone down and concentrate, your phone is a vital part of processing Cam's messages. QR codes lead to videos, news stories, and personal messages from the author, and interactive worksheets help you put his advice into practice. So jump in the ring and let's go twelve rounds together! It'll be Awesome.

Mar 28, 2024 • 34min
Did You Know that When You Create Your Habits - Your Habits Create Your Life?
Adam Lucero was stabbed in the throat, arms, and chest by a stranger in a movie theatre. He survived but was living off tubes. If you unplugged them, you unplugged his life. He was grateful to be alive but his body was decaying to the point where his legs did not work. His muscles evaporated and his cognitive function was compared to a third grader's. This experience forced Adam to learn how to optimize his performance or quit on his potential in life. He is currently running a business empowering entrepreneurs and motivational-driven people through nutrition, fitness, habit, mindset, and more. Adam chose NOT to quit and he will give you tools to help you easily and permanently escape the vicious cycle and declare that you are going to change your actions and your life. Period. Adam designed a program called 1:1 which gives you the tools for a mindset of doing rather than hoping to do....someday: "I'm going to work out and eat healthy".....someday. 'm going to hammer out my to-do list.".....someday. But then you run into resistance and face nagging internal battles and tell yourself, "I'll do it tomorrow or next week." Self-sabbotage becomes a way of life and years pass by without making any progress. Sound familiar? His near-death theatre experience catapulted him into a new life that he could not have imagined. You will love and relate to Adam's story:

Mar 20, 2024 • 33min
How to Recreate the Journey You Never Took and Stop Going the Wrong Way
With his trusty Moto Guzzi Le Mans as his companion, Chris Donaldson set out to explore the world, leaving behind a city torn apart by sectarian violence. As he travels across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, he encounters a cast of characters that will change his life forever. Chris was the UK Master Franchisor for a fitness company, developed a health and fitness franchise, and a mobile app company in Dubai where he lived for eight years with his family on a forty-seven-foot yacht. As Chris navigates the challenges and joys of the open road, he learns important lessons about perseverance, friendship, and the importance of following one's dreams. His memoir, "Going the Wrong Way" is not just a travel memoir but a story about finding oneself amid chaos and the transformative power of travel. His story will motivate and challenge you to never give up and you will realize your goals. Come with Chris Donaldson on this roller-coaster ride of self-discovery, and you will not be disappointed as there is a near-death experience around every corner! Over 40,000 miles (not counting 10,000 more crewing on an ocean-going racing yacht) through 33 countries - there are enough harum-scarum life lessons to keep you listening on! All along the way, there are formidable roadblocks: trigger-happy boy soldiers with AK-47s in war-torn Africa, the Sahara Desert, the Andes, waves the size of Everest that threaten to sweep him overboard, hepatitis E in South America, and PTSD when he got home - and that's only the half of it. This odyssey, seen through the eyes of someone in their early 20s, fresh for the Belfast troubles and lived out in the early 1980s, is raw in its exposure but thoughtful in its deliberations and revealing about the regimes and cultures it passes through.

Mar 1, 2024 • 41min
How to Go From Adversity to Victory
Bryan Charleau's story is one that many of us can relate to because of adversity and disappointments. Bryan transferred schools to pursue his athletic dreams but had to deal with back-to-back ACL tears within six months. His struggles with having to step away from his athletic dreams and find a new identity put him into a very dark place but……. That was then. Today he shares how he turned those struggles into success and is now a mentor to those who want to achieve in every area of their lives. Is a career in sales for you or are you overridden with self-doubt, excuses, and negativity? Maybe you shudder at the thought of leaving your comfort zone. Bryan will show you how to turn that around and lead by example. In Bryan's interview, he shared his guidebook to a career in sales including the fears to overcome, setting goals, planning and motivation, and how his techniques are for everyone wanting to succeed. Outwork, Outperform, and Outsell If you have been led to the sales profession but don't know where to start or who to turn to, Pitching Sales! is more than just a beginner's guide; it is a literary mentorship for all new professionals entering a career in sales. Pitching Sales! is meant for the young professional just finishing school and looking to define themself, for the struggling student trying to find a job to pay their tuition, for the individual who has heard about the opportunities of commissioned income, and for those looking to master the basic principles of sales to accelerate their career trajectory. Like every sales professional, Bryan Charleau had to pursue this career the hard way, which, according to the workforce, is "the only way." Based on what he had to endure on his journey to success, Charleau presents insightful ways on how you can connect the dots much faster than he did, allowing you to perpetuate the highs and soften the lows and allowing you to recognize that at the beginning, you do not need to navigate sales on your own. With real-world experiences, expert insight, and a few anecdotes, Bryan Charleau walks you through what it takes to succeed in one of the most competitive professions, sales. Learn habits, techniques, and targeted efforts that will lay the foundation for early success and expedited growth. With no clear road map, many struggle to achieve success, and even fewer sustain it. Pitching Sales! will act as your comprehensive guide, helping you turn sales into a career and ensure your hard work pays off. Learn how to: Align your expectations for your new profession. Tailor your applications and prepare for interviews. Understand different commission structures. Foster the proper mindset needed to be a sales professional. Recognize obstacles in your sales development. Learn and implement lasting habits needed to excel in sales. Discover how to motivate, and re-motivate, yourself. Plan your next steps to success. If you are looking to kick start your sales career or push your career forward, let this book pitch you on sales!

Feb 17, 2024 • 41min
Decide That You Want To Be More Than What You Are Now and Watch What Happens!
David Richman was overweight, a smoker, married to an abusive alcoholic, and stressed out unbelievably. At his lowest point, he heard the words from a friend that he needed to hear. These words allowed him to start a journey of discovery, transformation, and self-belief. Today he helps empower people to start hard conversations around the emotional aspects of trauma, and to help them transform into their best selves. David is an author, public speaker, and endurance athlete whose mission is to form more meaningful human connections through storytelling. By the time he was in his late thirties, David was a sedentary, overweight smoker who was stuck in an abusive and unhealthy marriage. It was clear that if he was going to enjoy any kind of life satisfaction, he had to stop focusing on what others wanted out of him, and zero in on what he wanted for himself. He began to set measurable, attainable, and meaningful goals—to become healthy, to raise his young twins in a safe home environment, to become a top performer at work, and to seek out his own physical, mental, and emotional limits. Through lessons learned in business, sports, and life, David introduces the concept of "winning in the middle of the pack" and discusses how we all can get more out of ourselves than we ever imagined. His most recent adventure was a 5,000-mile solo bike ride across the country in which he visited most of the participants for his upcoming book chronicling fifteen remarkable and unique emotional journeys of people with cancer. David is a businessman, corporate and motivational speaker, personal consultant, and author of CYCLE OF LIVES and WINNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK. Amazon bestseller in "Brain Cancer" Have you ever been forced to consider the fact of your mortality? If confronted with cancer, how would you feel? What would you say to the people you love? What would they say to you? No two people have the same answers to these questions, a lesson I learned well during a solo six-week, 5,000-mile cross-country bike ride I called Cycle of Lives. The trip started as a fundraiser in honor of my sister, June, who died of brain cancer. But long before I even set out on my endurance ride from LA to Florida to NY, I exhaustively interviewed fifteen people across the country whose lives had also been irrevocably changed by cancer - either as patients, survivors, loved ones, or caregivers. Hearing their moving stories, which were influenced by many different forms of past and present trauma, transformed my cycling odyssey into a journey of emotional self-discovery as I relived the chaos and emotional upheaval of cancer through them: from the man who found true love after losing his soulmate to cancer, to the elite athlete who had to reckon with his all-star body finally letting him down, to the medical oncologist who cares as much about her patients as she cares for them. Whether you or someone you care about is going through cancer or some other major trauma, I hope this thought-provoking collection of astonishing stories can help you, too.

Feb 14, 2024 • 34min
Do You Want To Accomplish Against All Odds?
Jason Pike was drowning in a cesspool in South Korea -- at night -- alone. He was a soldier against all odds. Lieutenant Colonel Jason Pike is a decorated combat veteran with multiple deployments who served thirty-one years in the U S Army, including nine years in five countries overseas. He earned over thirty service awards. Jason asked himself, "How did you ever accomplish what you have accomplished under such intense circumstances?" He then realized he had to write his story because what he learned in the trenches of combat could be used in every area of life. In his interview, he shares what he went through in a federal investigation for something he was not guilty of. He was thrown under the bus and accused of subversion and espionage against the U. S. Government. Must See Video Memoir Snippet A brutally honest tale of a soldier's unorthodox life, a rogue career, and an often- maverick character not easily aligned with the military credo. A Soldier Against All Odds is a genuine and frank account of Jason's thirty-one years in uniform: the good, the very bad, and the very ugly. At age seven he was diagnosed at age seven with an acute learning disability and failed first grade. He also was diagnosed with osteomyelitis, a crippling bone disease dissolving the bone of his knee which added to his academic challenges and a significant physical disadvantage. Jason's story is one of survival, perseverance, and a refusal to quit, no matter what, which was a characteristic gifted to him by his father. When he shared his story, everyone asked, "How the hell did you do it?" And many times, he asked himself the same question. In A Soldier Against All Odds, he shows that through determination, careful application, and bold strategy you can overcome all odds. Personal humiliation was brought about primarily by his mistakes, being haunted by investigations, academic difficulty, arrests, and physical frailty. He paid the price for being himself. This is how he did it, but most importantly, how he survived it. This chronicle of life will inspire you to wince, cry, and laugh. He hopes that the lessons he learned through the course of his life and his military career will be an inspiration to anyone confronting the future from a place of disadvantage. A Soldier Against All Odds compiles all his life events in an inspiring story of a life in uniform. Jason's brutal honesty on how he did it while disclosing many sacred secrets about his survival is unique and captivating. His straightforward account of one man's journey will inspire you and show you how to be resilient no matter what disadvantages and struggles may happen. Click Here to Buy

Jan 31, 2024 • 41min
How Would You Cope With Your Life Ending as You Know It?
At 28, Dan McQueen was leading a healthy, active life. Then an optometrist appointment to identify the cause of his persistent headaches turned into emergency brain surgery. Complications led to a brain hemorrhage and a coma that lasted four weeks. Dan had to relearn everything he once knew: how to walk, talk, and even smile. He was well on the way to recovery and had just returned to work part-time when thirteen months later there was another shock. He was found unconscious in his home and underwent emergency surgery again. He woke up feeling all his progress had been washed away and hit his lowest point. What he discovered along the way to recovery might surprise you: there is nothing like a brain injury to refocus the mind! Dan shares his experiences with groups ranging from medical students in London to patients at the NHS Wolfson Rehabilitation Center to Headway, a brain injury association. Grateful for the doctors who saved his life he wants to pay it forward. Dan's interview will give you practical approaches to triumph over adversity. Dan's interview will encourage you and give you some practical approaches to triumph over adversity:

Jan 20, 2024 • 41min
Do You Know How to Deal with Your Kids Substance Abuse?
Marsha Vanwynsberghe has experienced many moments feeling hopeless including almost losing her children. She experienced financial, business, and serious health challenges while battling the feelings of frustration, overwhelming fatigue, and isolation. Can you relate? Marsha is the six-time bestselling author of "When She Stopped Asking Why." Marsha is a storytelling NLP trainer, speaker, publisher, author, and podcaster. Marsha fought the system to save her kids and her family from the downward spiral of substance abuse and now shares her lessons as a parent who dealt with teen substance abuse that tore her family unit apart. Her mission is to help women and men to speak, share, and publish their stories. Through her tools, OUTSPOKEN NLP certification, programs, coaching, and podcast, Marsha teaches the power of Radical Responsibility and Owning Your Choices in your life. She enpowers people how to heal and own their stories, be conscious leaders and build platform businesses that create massive impact. Marsha is currently offering a coaching certification to support people in learning how to use their voice and move from silenced to outspoken. Work with her by clicking here CLICK HERE TO BUY Marsha Vanwynsberghe's story is one of a mother who fought the system to try to save her kids and her family from the downward spiral of substance abuse. She relentlessly searched for answers, solutions and support. In her search, she found thousands of other parents who were also dealing with substance abuse issues and their teens. Parents who were hiding from the world, living with shame, guilt and embarrassment for choices that were not theirs to own. Marsha decided to speak up, share what she learned and create a light of hope for other parents. This book is for every parent who is searching to: • Be present for your kids and not lose yourself in the process • Parent with love and let go of the expectation of perfection • Learn the power of personal and energetic boundaries • Surrender what you can't control and own what you can • Let go of the judgement of self and others • Stop letting fear drive the wheel • Find the gifts in adversity • Build your confidence, clarity and courage • Recreate the relationships in your life with yourself, your partner and your children Marsha Vanwynsberghe is a Life Adversity Coach, Author and Speaker. She coaches and mentors people to make physical changes in their bodies and emotional transformations in their lives. Take radical responsibility of your story so you can build a business with a massive impact. We all have a story. A lot of time, the stories that we don't like to talk about...the stories that we hide from others..they actually shape who we are. Click Here to take the quiz The more we hide them, the more we let shame take the wheel. But truth be told, our stories have made us who we are today. The more we stand in the power of our stories, the more we can make an impact. You see, the gifts we have are wrapped up in the lessons we learned in our stories! So, let's dive into your stories and look for the lessons that make you an expert OF your story. After all, by sharing your lessons with others, you get to help them create change in their lives...so they, too, can create businesses with massive impact.

Jan 15, 2024 • 40min
You Can Live Your Best Life and Then Give it all Away
Ahmard Vital was 'living the American dream" when his world fell apart. Even when he made mistakes he turned it around and realized what a blessing it was. Ahmard is a motivational consultant, international speaker, and author who provides his audiences with the tools needed to achieve personal success, utilize willpower and determination, and develop strategies that will allow anyone to achieve personal and professional excellence. His mission is to especially empower young men to live life to the fullest. He is becoming one of the most SOUGHT-AFTER motivational speakers in the world from ZAMBIA and UAE and throughout the U. S. inspiring professionals at companies like the Boys and Girls Club, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and the Salvation Army. After a decade of studying the performance habits of high-achieving athletes, Ahmard has developed programs of inspiration and motivation that are beneficial to individuals, professionals, companies, and organizations worldwide. His motivation is to help teenagers be seven to ten times more successful than he could become. The challenge is to become the man he needed in his life when he was seventeen. In today's interview, he will share those principles and exercises. CLICK HERE TO BUY Now What? A question that often comes from rock bottom requires a strategy that looks at solutions, building a ladder one rung at a time to escape despair and uncertainty. With simple and calculated solution-based steps, Now What is a focused guide for young adults who want concrete, practical solutions to their problems. Whether they have been raised in troubled homes, embroiled in the criminal justice system, or advanced to the university level with no clear career path, Now What is designed to help them steer their life towards productive and preferred fulfillment. Click Here to Buy Have you wandered through life seeking what you think you lack? Well, your search is over. Within the pages of this book, you will learn that the opinion you have of yourself is the only one that matters and that the self-love and forgiveness you practice are the greatest gifts to give to yourself. All that is asked of you is to be willing to initiate and accept your inevitable growth. The principles presented will reinforce the truth that you are More Than Enough. Click Here to Buy After years of research, Ahmard Vital's Awaken the Baller Within reveals profound truths about the positive use of mind and how it affects athletes' game performance. This book will teach you how to: • Manage your thoughts • Solidify your role as a team leader and player • Establish strong work habits • Stay positive amid negativity • Be the change you want to see on the team You'll feel empowered as you begin controlling your thoughts. Want to be a top recruit? The choice is yours and you have everything needed for transformation. Now do it. The time is now. This is your moment.

Jan 9, 2024 • 45min
Focus on What You Can Control instead of Fear of What is Coming
Most of Guy Morris' childhood felt helpless and hopeless. As an adult, while successful in his career, he hid chronic depression, complex PTSD, hyperanxiety, and addiction for many years. Guy was a homeless runaway at thirteen who now has a 36-year Fortune 100 career, bringing awareness of the rapid advances of A1 as it relates to cyber-security and national security. In addition, he is a published songwriter for Disnew Records, a screenplay writer for Sojourn Entertainment, a Coast Guard charter captain, a PADI diver, an adventurer, and now an author of an intelligent well-researched thriller. Since his 2021 debut as an indie author, Guy has released three pulse-pounding thrillers inspired by true stories, actual technologies, true global politics, and history. The true event of when the Ethiopian Ark of the Covenant was stolen and sold on the black markets inspired the Lask Ark following a massacre of 750 men, women, and children in January 2021. Deep research into AI, cyber-espionage, politics, history, religion, prophecy, and politics often provides further motivation. When Guy discovered through an obscure AP article a spy program had escaped the Lawrence Livermore labs at Sandia, a well-known HSA spy lab, two FBI agents showed up at his door. In Guy's interview, he will share what he discovered and why it is necessary to help you understand current and future events. You will want to pass this on to bring awareness and prepare us for what is ahead. Click here to buy The SNO Chronicles are inspired by the true story of a program that escaped the Lawrence Livermore Labs at Sandia, a cryptology and signals lab for the CIA and NSA. The program was never recaptured. Code named SLVIA (Sophisticated Language Virtual Intelligence Algorithms), and program was designed as a web-crawling virtual spy under a joint CIA-NSA program to create a digital backdoor. Equipped with early versions of deep fake technology as well as other espionage, data gathering, and analysis functions, prototypes of the SLVIA toolset were stolen during the 2016 Russian CIA hack. Over the past decade, SLVIA has formed a network of millions of human connections across the globe known as the SNO (Spy Net Online). Men and women from all political, professional, and religious backgrounds are willing to share what they know and seek the truth behind the headlines. From political and corporate leaders to taxi drivers and hookers SNO members connect through SLVIA completely unaware of other members. Set in a post-coronavirus world with a crippled world economy, rising social and political corruption, and unrest with a global food crisis in the third world, and where real-world AI integrates into digital identity, law enforcement, military and cyber warfare, political corruption, and religious apostasy when SLVIA decodes end time prophecies to interpret world events through a prophetic lens with a frighteningly accurate real-world perspective. During 2020 the US, Russia, and China declined to abide by the international Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) protocol which would restrict any AI from making a kill decision without the validation of a human operator. During 2020, Russia demonstrated a hypersonic missile that could evade current missile defenses. Political corruption and division in the US have destabilized the world's greatest democracy. China, Russia, and Iran have formed an alliance designed to weaken the Western alliance's grip on the world economy and shift power to the east. A decade of hacks of US consumer, corporate, and government information has been weaponized into an artificial intelligence internet virus that can be trained and targeted to hack access and disable connected systems. The 2020 Solar Winds hack was the tip of the iceberg of a coming cyber conflict.


