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12 JAN 2009
Who is your role model?
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Joey LinerWhen times are tough we look around us for influence and leadership. It’s scary not to know what tomorrow will bring or what your next move will be. Your heart and gut may be telling you two different things and you just want to know that life will be better. Sometimes there are no immediate answers but if you have around you what is most important, you will succeed.
Everyone has a individual in their life that stands out where something was said so influential it was life changing. When Jimmy V gave his cancer speech at the ESPYs in 1993, I was moved. Jimmy knew he was months away from passing while he was speaking but that didn’t bother him one bit; he had an agenda and stuck with it. Along with most of America, I was so shocked by how energetic and gleaming his was with joy while speaking. I took his words to heart and was amazed at this individual and his character. I would love to live by his words and follow his accomplishments and to this day I try and apply my life philosophy behind these words that were said during the ESPY speech:
“I’m a very emotional and passionate man. I can’t help it. That’s being the son of Rocco and Angelina Valvano. It comes with the territory. We hug, we kiss, we love. When people say to me how do you get through life or each day, it’s the same thing. To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. Number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. That’s a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.”
I read exerts of the speech at my grandmother’s funeral years ago. We were so close and she passed away from Dimensia, which is worse then Cancer; she was a warrior. Jimmy V was a warrior. They gave everything to what they believed in day in day out.
Jimmy grew up with nothing. He worked his way all the way up the food chain to coach the Wolfpack of the ACC in Tobacco Row during an era that produced some of the best basketball players of all time. He fought his way each year to get better and better and eventually won the national championship in dramatic style. His players believed in him. They respected him for everything the man stood up for. He was one of them in many ways. Jimmy was an amazing leader hands down but most importantly a better individual.
I watch the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePXlkqkFH6s) from time to time to keep myself in check. He is my motivational drive for excellence in my career and reminds me of how much I appreciate life day in day out.
Who is most influential speaker in your life…. please share :)
Joey
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Joey -
Great post and a story I will share with the team
I have many role models some of what not to do and some of what to do.
(Both are equally important)
If someone harms you at the time you want to do whatever in your power to be able to destroy them…but often times they were there or attracted to be able to make you better or lead you down another path.
Tony Robbins is a great speaker, communicator and one of my top positive influences. I look forward to a couple of his events this year.
I wish everyone a great 2009
Joey -
I agree, great post. My role model is my father. He was a rock and he taught me that family comes first (always). He taught me two great lessons that I think about every day. The first is that nothing is too difficult to accomplish. The only variable is how hard your willing to work for it. The second is that us/we/you/me have standards to live up to. Whether its work or home or financial or otherwise in nature, we have expectations to live up to. Living up to those expectations is an honor not a duty.
I second Bill Lyons opinions of Tony Robbins. A big man and a big influence in changing my life. He’s showed me how to awaken the power inside me and take charge of my life. It’s all about taking responsibility for yourself and creating the life you want through force of will and determination. Physical fitness is another cornerstone of Tony Robbins philosophy and again this is something that has given a new aspect to my life. I would love to go to one of his seminars, I’ve heard they are a fantastic experience.
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