Follow These 8 Tips to Live Better in 2013 As we turn the corner into 2013 we are given the opportunity to make this year better than the last. Envisioning a better future for yourself, setting goals to improve your life, and taking action toward those goals are necessary in order to turn your dreams [...]
“Kickoff team! Lets go! You’re up” the special teams coach yelled from the sideline. It was time. September 18, 2010. My life had been leading up to this very moment. Doing my best to portray an image of a roman gladiator preparing for battle, I hustled to the point on the field where the rest [...]
General Normal Schwarzkopf, most famously known for leading the American-led international coalition that drove Iraqi forces from Kuwait in 1991, has passed away due to complications from pneumonia at the age of 78. Throughout his career he was known for his incredible leadership skills and devotion to the military. From his early education at West [...]
It has been said that a person doesn’t know how strong they are until being strong is the only choice they have. Three years ago I found this out the hard way. After watching my father beat cancer only to later die of liver disease I ran my life into the ground. I weighed 455lbs [...]
How the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team Can Serve as an Inspiration to Us All Playing baseball requires a fair amount of skill, and even more so when you are missing an arm or a leg. That is exactly what the members of the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team (WWAST) are doing, however. The WWAST [...]
Zachary Kimotho’s Journey to Build the First Spinal Rehabilitation Center in Kenya Could you make it all the way across South Africa on foot? How about in a wheelchair? That is exactly what Zackary Kimotho is doing. He has travelled roughly 54 miles in his wheelchair, in an effort to raise money to build the first [...]
While most of his peers were at the library, or the bar, college freshmen Tom Szaky was busy launching a business out of his dorm room. For his first product he turned worm-poop into fertilizer as a way to transform waste into something useful. Since then he’s turned that first product into a multi-million dollar [...]
Oscar Pistorius’ Indomitable Spirit Sets an Example for Us All Making it to the semifinals in the Olympics is a great accomplishment; doing so without legs is nigh on unbelievable, but that is exactly what Oscar “Blade Runner” Pistorius was able to accomplish. While he may not have placed in the 2012 London Olympics – [...]
Quotes about Success that will Inspire You He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. -Napoleon Bonaparte A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. -Ayn Rand Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still. -Chinese Proverb Don’t aim for success [...]
14-year-old Canadian Annaleise Carr has become the youngest girl to complete a 31.6 mile (52-kilometer) swim across Lake Ontario, and has done so for the sake of charity. The young Canadian set a goal of raising $30,000 for charity, which was quickly met. A new goal of $50,000 was set, and met, around halfway into [...]
