BELIEVE the CHAMPION in You!

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Ken

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Do you know you are a Champion 🙂

     Rise and Shine! How many of us have heard this phrase from our parents when we    were in our younger years? But oh how we have spent our growing years forgetting it.
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Now we just rise and hide. Hiding in the shadows of our fears. This is a shame and       should be considered a crime to our human dignity. We avoid taking risks, we avoid speaking our minds, we avoid showing our vulnerability, we avoid showing a love or passion for something and we avoid being seen as a person who doesn…‘t know everything.
   

   A Champion has a sacred agreement within themselves, deep down, that will not allow them to give up on something that they truly feel connected or drawn to. Do you have that agreement with yourself? I love Howard Thurman’s thought on this matter: “The spirit of  a human being is not easily vanquished. It is fragile and tough. You may fail again and again and yet something will not let you give up”. -Howard Thurman

   Do something fun that expands your mind and touches your spirit. Live! Many assume that they can’t enjoy themselves until they get the success they are pursuing. What if you don’t get there? What if time runs out? Would you call yourself a failure then?
 
   Nonsense! You are already successful if you are in route and pursuit towards something of a worthy cause that you have a deliberate expectation for and are taking action upon. Get that ancient concept out of your mind that you are not a success until you do a, b, or c due to the norm or status quo of what the majority thinks. Believe the Champion in You! -Adrian Starks

   This is called hiding! You may rise but the shine is absent. Champion Up to rise to get your shine on! Don’t be afraid of you, the light you bring. Plato said that “we can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark but the real tragedy of life is when men or women are afraid of the light”. Don’t be afraid. Believe the Champion in You! -Adrian Starks

Don’t pass up on opportunities! We all want it to be the perfect time or the ideal situation. Listen up, it will never be! Things are always changing so if you miss this opportunity,  trust me, there may not and probably will not be another one like that one. There is a saying that one cannot not step in the same river twice. Why? Well that river is constantly flowing and that river believe it or not has moved on although the water may look the same to you. Take on your moment of opportunities and don’t back away from that river. That one step in right then and there could land you upon a golden moment  and a diamond opportunity. Believe the Champion in You! -Adrian Starks

   Life has challenged you, it has taken jabs at you and at times it has blindsided you knocking you down for the count. There is something that keeps you from staying down. What is that? It’s you!! Yes, Champion is flowing through your blood. The sky is not the limit because man has walked on the moon. If you limit your thinking then you limit your achievements. -Adrian Starks
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As Maya Angelou would say” you will face many defeats in life but let yourself not be defeated”.
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  Surrender. Don’t hold yourself hostage any longer. It’s time to stop beating yourself up with the repetitive internal dialogue of “I’m just not qualified or good enough”. This goes for personal,  business and financial.  You are always qualified.  But the excuses will automatically disqualify you.  We seem to find the excuses for what we can’t do all while losing the reasons to search for what we can do.

We all want a better life, better relationships, more money, to be happier and more options. Nothing wrong with that. But life wants something from you. A different result. How do we get different results? To change whatever we are doing that is not working.  You don’t have to quit. No! But be flexible to adjust and bend with the challenging winds.

Surrender to the powerful you. Doubt is not you. Anger is not you. Pain is not you. Creativity is you. Change is you. Winning is you. Get up! Attempt something from a different perspective. There is nothing holding you back except you. Make a move.    Believe the Champion in You. -Adrian Starks

Get back into the ring of your life because you are the Champion. Take one day and    one jab at a time  and you will find yourself standing victorious no matter what life brings. You are the greatest Champion to ever live.  Keep smiling because you are already winning. “Believe in the Champion in you”. ~Adrian Starks

Change this phrase. “This person makes me happy”. Replace it with “they provide or share more happiness or excitement in my life”. I had to learn this. If someone can make you happy, they can also make you sad, make you angry, make you upset and the list goes on. You are not clay. Don’t let anyone mold or make you into anything you don’t want. Can I get a yes! Appreciate people for what they can provide because provide means you “allow” it into your personal space. You are too much of an extraordinary creation to let someone have complete control of how you feel. Believe the Champion in You!-Adrian Starks

   Instead of being someone’s doormat, become the door! Do not let them walk over your visions and how you feel about yourself and where you are wanting to go. Decide who you open up to and let into your personal space. Stand guard.
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Stay strong Champions. Do not let the darkness in this world back you into a corner to be afraid of life. Your light is far more powerful. Stand your ground through the storms of your deepest fears. The human spirit is fragile but also tough. Nothing can take that away.

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   This is your life. You only get one to live and there are no refunds. Don’t waste time.
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  Everyday is another day to make some key changes that will get you going in a better and a more fitting direction. Your life won’t change overnight. Stay involved and keep your resilience. You don’t get out of life what you have or how fast you think you should get it. You get from it what you are and are willing to give. Stay patient and stay active.  Live it now. Believe the Champion in You. -Adrian Starks
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    Don’t waste your time and energy on the things or people that bring you negativity. There are too many positive things out here in the world to experience and very little time to see it all. The clock ticks the same for everyone and plays no favoritism. You can’t rewind it back and you certainly can’t stop it! It’s on you! Time is your investment. Don’t misspend it. Believe the Champion in You. -Adrian Starks
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    Have Patience. Every Champion who has accomplished anything greater than the ordinary had to learn how to accept the word of patience. Achieving greater things in your powerful life is not determined by being perfect or having the least amount of mistakes. No it’s about a willingness to keep working towards what you feel you truly want and so rightfully deserve. This gives you your heartbeat! Stay in it to win it. Believe the Champion in You! -Adrian Starks
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    There is an ancient story of a deer that rejected and condemned his small legs and irregular shaped hooves. But oh he loved his antlers! They were impressive. When a hunter came for him, the legs and feet that the deer condemned so much, gave him speed to get away only to find himself getting stuck in a bush nearby. His much loved horns trapped him in that bush and he was not able to get away. Be careful not to condemn the very parts of you that can actually set you “free” and away from the crowd. Appreciate all that you have! Life loves variety and there is nothing wrong with you. You were born in a unique way for winning. Believe the Champion in You! -Adrian Starks
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    Choose destiny instead of fate. One is based on courage and the other on fear. One is based on reason and the other on excuse. One     is based on getting back up and the other on staying down. One is based on making a choice to live and the other on just hoping not to die. Everyday you awake you must Champion Up to life! Life has no favorites and it will allow you to choose how you live or it will choose for you. What matters is not how long we live but how we choose to live our best lives with each awakening day that life lends to us. Don’t hide your unique gifts any longer. Be more intentional about how you bring out the best parts of you each day. Believe the Champion in You! -Adrian Starks
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    You should never let the word “impossible” resonate with you. Don’t even accept it into your treasures of self building vocabulary. It doesn’t belong there because it will only erode your self esteem leading you down the slippery slopes to join those who were unwilling to keep climbing until they make it!   You are always possible.  Don’t shy away from an attempt just because it didn’t work for someone else. Never let anyone casually deny you  of your purpose and ability to do what they were unwilling to do or continue trying until they saw better results. This is your life but you will need to own it and claim your space. Believe the Champion in You! -Adrian Starks

“Put a ding in the Universe”. Powerful phrase spoken by the Champion Steve Jobs. Here is a man who left a legacy by changing the world with the iPhone. No offense to the android users out there. But think about what you could do with a powerful idea or vision that you can throw your whole self into. I am sure you can create a ding out here in the Universe as well. Today there are over 715 million iPhone users because Steve knew a phone could be improved and was willing to do …what others said would be impossible.

Steve Jobs did not care about the doubts and opinions from others as he dared to be extra-ordinary. He had a vision and belief in himself. Dare to do the same. Dare to be different. Dare to be misunderstood because you are unwilling to be a chameleon blending in to everyone and everything. Dare to find your passion in something. Dare to pursue it! Each day you have another opportunity to put your own personal ding out here in the world! Everyone wants greatness and there is nothing wrong with that. But to be great you must first seek the truth. What is your truth? Steve knew his. Believe the Champion in You. -Adrian Starks

    Faith is that inner power that we must all draw upon whether we face an opposition or opportunity. It can help us to overcome as well    as help us to accomplish. It’s a powerful gift that we all have inherited and a tool we must use daily. (F)inding (A)nswers (I)n (T)he (H)eart. Martin Luther King Jr. said that “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase”. Now that’s power!  Have the courage to listen to yourself. You can do this! Believe the Champion in You! -Adrian Starks
If a Caterpillar could dream of becoming a butterfly then what could you dream of becoming. Dreams are within us but we need to learn to look inside ourselves and believe that there is a gift of beauty to be revealed to the world.
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