Top 10 Motivational Moments of Olympics

Derek Redmond - Injured Runner Helped to Finish Line By His Father

Derek Redmond was already a tragic hero. Having been forced to pull out of the 400-meter relay in 1988 due to an injury to his hamstring 90 seconds before he was to start, it seems Lady Luck was not on his side. When he returned to Barcelona in 1992, he had undergone eight operations, but was in relative good health. The first part of the relay went great; Redmond posted the fastest time and the team made it all the way to the semi-finals. But a mere 250 meters from the finish, Redmond re-injured his hamstring, and it seemed like victory was snatched from him once again. But a powerful thing happened. He refused to give up. As he hobbled along the final stretch, his father made his way past security to help his son cross the finish line. Sixty-five thousand people cheered them on. Although he came in last in the Olympic race, he came in first in the Human race. 

Lord Byron - The Man who walked with Difficulty but wandered at Will

Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure of the Romantic Movement. Some of his best known works are the poems "She walks in Beauty", "So, we'll go no more a roving" and "When we Two Parted". He is regarded as one of the greatest and influential British poets. He was born with talipes, a club foot. he was afflicted with a limp that caused him lifelong psychological and physical misery, aggravated by painful and pointless "medical treatment" in his childhood and the nagging suspicion that with proper care it might have been cured. He was extremely self-conscious about this from a young age, nicknaming himself le diable boiteux (French for "the limping devil"). It is said that he "walked with difficulty but wandered at will". He toured Europe extensively and captured the popular imagination through his poetry and his personality. From gloomy egoism through to satiric realism he was renowned for his writings, his sexual ambivalences and his championing of Greek independence from the Turks. His name is still used as an adjective - 'Byronic', meaning dashing.” Inspired? Like us in Facebook for daily updates. Good Day.

JOhn Paul Dejoria - The Failure Story

Not every person in this world is born with a silver spoon. So when the spoon is missing, you have to earn it with your hard work, dedication and will power. By looking at the rich and famous people, we cannot make out the immense hard work behind their road to success. Today we are going to discuss the failure of JOhn Paul Dejoria......... the  renowned American serial entrepreneur, billionaire and philanthropist. He is the owner and co-founder of John Paul Mitchell systems, the US company famous for its hair-care products.

At a very young age of two, John saw his parents separating. At the age of 9, he and his siblings began selling newspapers and Christmas greeting cards to earn a living. At this age, John used to dream of a small job which would fetch him around $150 a week and a second hand car to drive in. He graduated at the age of 17 and went into the Navy. He got out of service in 1964 and tried out 10 jobs for the next few years.

The turning point in John’s life came in the year 1971 when he bagged a job with Redken Laboratories. At that time, it was the leading company for manufacturing salon products in US. In the next few years, he was hired and fired by numerous organizations. In 1980, he saw himself joining hands with Paul Mitchell, a famous hair designer at that time, to launch their own company. They soon rolled out single-application shampoo and a leave-in conditioner to improve blow-dry results.

With just $700, the company began operating. Since fund was less, they could not help but use only black and white ink on the product packaging. With just one answering machine and a post office box, they managed to start off their business. They requested a female friend who had a British accent to record the voice message for their answering machine which helped them convince the users that it was some serious business.

Today this company is a huge hit in the US for its hair products. Every salon use their products for superior quality. John Paul Mitchell Systems logs nearly $1 billion in annual sales. Not just the US, but they have even managed to establish roots in the international market too. More than 80 countries buy products of John Paul Mitchell Systems. Besides dealing in hair products, John has also successfully launched 17 other types of businesses. From night clubs to bikes, he has got them all under his belt.

John Paul DeJoria is a bright example of sincerity, dedication, will power and perseverance. Our world is blessed to have such humane human beings who have touched the pinnacle of success by their sheer will power. He is a great idol for every youngster and wannabe entrepreneur.

Always remember that success will only come, when you are ready to give in everything. Hence, dream big and have faith in your abilities!
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Michael Jordan - Who Missed more than 9000 Shots in his Career

“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”......... MJ

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is a retired American professional basketball player, active entrepreneur, and majority owner of theCharlotte Bobcats.

What makes a Difference?

Once there was an old man. One day he was taking a morning walk at the beach. Suddenly he saw that along with the morning tide came hundreds of starfish and when the tide receded, they were left behind and with the morning sun rays, they would die. The tide was fresh and the starfish were alive. The man took a few steps, picked one and threw it into the water. He did that repeatedly. Right behind him there was another person who couldn't understand what this man was doing. He caught up with him and asked, "What are you doing? There are hundreds of starfish. How many can you help? What difference does it make?" This man did not reply, took two more steps, picked up another one, threw it into the water, and said, "It makes a difference to this one."

Are you feeling discouraged ???

Are you feeling discouraged ??? just have a look atwhat these people accomplished when everyone else looked at them as failures. Just Believe in Yourself!

• Einstein was 4 years old before he could speak. 

• Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school and was considered "Unpromising Student of the Class" 

• When Thomas Edison was a youngster, his teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything. He was counseled to go into a field where he might succeed by virtue of his pleasant personality.

• F.W. Woolworth got a job in a dry goods store when he was 21, but his boss would not permit him to wait on customers because he "didn't have enough sense to close a sale."

• Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team.

• Bob Cousy, a legendary Boston Celtic basketball player, suffered the same fate, but he too is a Hall of Famer.

• A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he "lacked imagination and had no original ideas."

• Winston Churchill failed 6th grade and had to repeat it because he did not complete the tests that were required for promotion.

• Babe Ruth struck out 1,300 times, a major league record.

Remember Friends. A person may make mistakes, but is not a failure until S / He starts blaming someone else. We must believe in ourselves, and somewhere along the road of life we will meet someone who sees greatness in us and lets us know it.

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The poor girl suffered with Paralysis

1940 June 23, a poor couple gave birth to their gives birth to their 20th child. A Girl... She was very weak, born prematurely……. her weight was less than 4.5 pounds. Her father was a  railway porter and mother was a maid.  The little child contracted infantile paralysis (caused by the polio virus) at the age of Four. As a result, her left leg and foot became Twisted. She had also suffered with scarlet fever, whooping cough, chickenpox, and measles. The doctors decided that the girl cant walk in her life time. But her mother couldn’t believe those words. She had the strong belief that her child could walk . She took her regularly to Fisk University's black medical college hospital in Nashville, Tennessee for treatments for her twisted leg. She wore a brace on her left leg. She was required to wear an orthopedic shoe for support of her foot. The girl couldn’t bare the pain of those physiotherapy sessions and she just hated her life. She too wanted to walk like the normal people, that too without those brace and orthopedic shoe.

A series of Failure Stories of a Person

Today we want to share a failure story of a person... Just read the Synopsis of his life and see whether you would have had the courage to continue on. Have a look...

• 1809 
• He was Born
• 1816 
• His family was forced out of their home and he needed to work to support his family.
• 1818 
• His mother passed away
• 1828
• His sister died
• 1831 
• His business venture failed
• 1832
• He ran for the State Legislature. He lost.
• In the same year, he also lost his job.
•  He decided to go to law school but couldn't get in.

Colonel Sanders - The man behind the KFC's Logo

When ever I see the KFC’s (Kentucky fried chicken) logo, I just wonder who the person is. Later I came to know some astonishing facts aobut that Person in that logo. He is the founder of KFC. His name is Colonel Sanders.  When he was six years old, his father died. And his mother remarried. Little Sandars ran away from home because his stepfather beat him.
 
Sanders held many jobs during his working years but he found himself broke at the age of 65. See friends, This was the age of retirement and people usually think to take rest at this age, ofcourse they will invest some money for it too. But unfortunately, Sandars had not saved and invested any money.
 
All he was receiving at that time was $105 from social security. He was struggling financially  and was mad. Instead of complaining he did something about it. He thought restaurant owners would love his fried chicken recipe. So he started visiting different restaurants trying to sell his chicken recipe.

J. K. Rowling - The Creator of the Harry Potter

While  speaking to a Graduating Class of Harvard in June 2008, J.K Rowling, the author of Harry Potter and the well-known first self-made billionaire female children’s book author,  didn’t talk about success. She talked about failures. Her own in particular. I absolutely love her quote. So posting her quote as it is…

“You might never fail on the scale I did, But it is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.

She should know. The author didn’t magically become richer than the Queen of England overnight. Penniless, recently divorced, and raising a child on her own, she wrote the first Harry Potter book on an old manual typewriter. You know friends? Twelve publishers rejected the manuscript! that editors kept reminding her that children’s book won’t see big commercial success but she went on and kept writing. A year later she was given the green light by Barry Cunningham from Bloomsbury (the thirteenth publisher), who agreed to publish the book but insisted she get a day job cause there was no money in children’s books.

What if she stopped at the first rejection? or The fifth? Or at the tenth?

The measure of success can be shown by how many times someone keeps going despite hearing only NO.