Breaking Away From Adversity In 1979

Brandon LaBella
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2 min readJun 5, 2018

Ep: 001 Breaking Away (100 Min) (1979)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078902/

Self-Help Context:

It’s a Story About A Man Who Takes The Burden of Growing Up By Awakening Himself To Chase After His Dreams. Further Underlining This Story Is A Division between The Cool Kids Who Have Everything Handed To Them and The Outliers Who Are Constantly Bullied and Possess The Worst Luck. But Director Peter Yates Makes Sure That The Cool Kids Are Given A Chance To Fail and The Outliers Resilience and Persistence Leads To A Breakthrough That Makes The Journey Worth It.

The World Needs More Stories Like These, Ones Where Those Who Are Counted Out with Shattered Hopes Never Give Up and Overcome Life’s Greatest Challenges, While The Ones Who Take For Granted Their Situation and Bully The World Are Awakened By A Harsh Reality and Failures That They Will Later Appreciate To Awaken Them To The True Beauty of Life When They Are Mentally and Physically Healthy.

In Today’s World, These Stories are Rare. Those Who Grow Up In Fortunate Upbringings Are The Ones Who Ungratefully Take Advantage of The World and Take The Easy and Comfortable Route Blindly Strangling Their Potential and The Enjoyment of The Journey. On The Other Side, Those Who Grow Up With Nothing Are Never Given The Opportunity To Achieve Their Full Potential Because Their Relentless Motivation to Chase After Their Dreams Falls Short by The Lack of Second Chances and Constant Heartbreak of Losing Hope To The Feelings of Loneliness and Not Being Heard. The Victim Mentality Always Strangles The Dreamers From The Breakthrough.

One Exception, Which is A Must Read, Is a Stone Of Hope by Jim St. Germain, Where His Relentless Pursuit to Change His Life and Make The World A Better Place Never Loses Hope Through The Toughest of Times on His Own Journey. His Inspiring Story is one that should not be looked past as a luck of the draw story. It is a blueprint for how we can all overcome our own problems and live life every day to the fullest by constantly setting an example for others, embracing adversity, and spreading love and kindness to everyone along the way. Jim is an authentic role model that continues to give to the world and remind us that it’s the journey, not the destination that counts. No Matter How Hard The Journey Gets, NEVER GIVE UP LIKE JIM AND Those Counted Out. There is Always Light At The End of The Tunnel.

Progress Clarity Concept: 001 Kindness

How Often To You Spread Kindness To Other People?

In English, How Often Do You Bring Warmth and Value To Somebody Without Asking for Anything in Return?

Tip: Go Out Of Your Way To Give Someone A Hand and See How It Feels!

Personal Journal Exercise After Doing Task: How Does Kindness Affect Your Overall Fulfillment in Life ?

Get Inspired By Jim

https://www.jimstgermain.com/

https://soundcloud.com/brandon-labella/season-3-ep-001-grow-to-become-a-little-kid-with-jim-st-germain

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Brandon LaBella
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Positive Enthusiast, Best Selling Author, Unofficial World Record Holder, World Traveler(45 Countries & 40 States), Serial Dreamer, Philanthropist, Podcast Host