Saturday, May 19, 2012

Profile Of Success

The Mind of a Genius

cimprofileofsuccess He was born to an average family, but from the beginning there was nothing average about him. Although his family considered him to be a fat kid with an oversized head, his sister considered him just a boy who looked different.

He was different. When others around him were learning to talk he found no words to say. His parents worried day and night about him, even having him tested for mental problems. But then one day, the magic of a compass stirred him from his quite lair and from that moment on he found his voice.

Mesmerized by how it worked he began to speak and at age six he began to study science and math. He was a good student when he finally enrolled in school although he was very shy and quiet and steered very clear of his peers and occasionally struggled with the strict rules enforced upon him by his teachers. He by all accounts was considered a loner and had no friends.

A Vision of Brilliance!

cimprofileofsuccess He was born on February 24th, 1955. Shortly after his birth the nameless child was given up for adoption and left the state of Wisconsin to be raised by his new family in California.

By all accounts he was considered a smart boy, but not a motivated one. His teachers recall having to bribe him just to get him to do his homework and to study. However even so when tested his scores were off the charts.

He was a silly guy, a prankster and loved having fun over conventional work. His father often tinkered with electronics in the garage and often encouraged him to take things apart and put them back together as a way of learning how electronics worked.

He did this throughout his high school days and without even realizing it, he was tapping into a dormant gene of interest that soon would change the world.

College was to conforming for him and after only six months he dropped out. He was old enough to be considered a man; he had no future, no ambition and no college degree. He was at a cross roads in his life and the road ahead was very unclear.

Convinced he had knowledge of electronics that could change the world; he started a computer company out of his garage. He tinkered, developed, designed and sold his inventions.

Trust Your Instincts

cimprofileofsuccess While cleaning her boat to store it for the winter, Carol lost her leverage and flew over the side of her boat and onto the hard driveway below. The pain she felt was almost immediate and she knew something major was wrong. She could not even move and she knew she was in real trouble.

She laid there helpless on the dead end road that she lived on, with no help in sight. Her only hope was her black lab Bud who was by her side standing at attention as if he knew he would have to go into action soon.

She looked at her dog and told him he had to get help and the old boy started to howl. He howled in a way that she had never heard before and for what seemed like an eternity she lay there helpless, hoping someone would hear Bud and cometo her rescue.

Her neighbors recall hearing the dog for a few minutes and were alarmed by the sound he was producing. They too had never heard old Bud sound so desperate. After a few minutes their concerns grew and they decided to go investigate. Almost immediately they saw Carol on the ground with her hands clutching her neck.

With the 911 call made, help was on its way. Carol clutched her neck all the way to the hospital, refusing to let go. Her life hang in the balance, but she was a tough woman and was not about to go down without a fight. Upon arrival to the hospital a team of doctors met her at the door and raced into action. It was not long till the verdict was revealed. She had broken her neck.

Stand For Want You Believe In

cimprofileofsuccess He was only twelve when he was arrested and sent to Jamesburg State Home for Boys after he attacked a man with a Boy Scout knife. Although he claimed it was in self-defensehe was sentenced to six years. But before he served his full term he escaped and joined the army.

While in the army he took to the sport of boxing and went on to win two European championships. With a taste of success he had high hopes for the life he was carving out. However this would be short lived.

On his return home to Paterson he was arrested and forced to serve out his remaining sentence of ten months. Soon after his release this troubled youth found himself arrested yet again, this time for stealing a woman’s purse, he spent the next four years in a maximum security prison for the crime.

By all means this young man’s life was in shambles, but he used the four years in prison to gain clarity and to focus on whom and what he should be. After serving his full term he set out to enter the boxing arena and it was not long until he went pro.

He was tough, focused and fast. He gained the nickname “hurricane” and it seemed he was finally finding his place in society. It was 1966 and he was trainingfor a shot at the world middleweight title. Every arrow pointed towards success and this young man felt as though his second chance at life had arrived.

The Will To Live

cimprofileofsuccess He was about to embark on the journey of a lifetime to the bottom of the earth. To a place where only the absolute strongest could survive. A place shrouded in darkness and mystery, a place that could kill the average man in less than 24 hours.

He was trekking to the Antarctic and the question is would he survive?

For three hellish months this man would be confronted with starvation, dehydration, hypothermia, delusions, loss of comrades, and death.

What started out as a scientific journey to the bottom of the earth ended in despair and suffering. The year was 1912 and the location was the Antarctic. A team of devoted adventures and scientist packed up all the supplies they assumed they would need and traveled to the ends of the earth for what they thought would be an adventure of a lifetime.

Although this man had nothing but good intentions, Mother Nature has a way of making her own rules and so it was on this fateful trip that Mother Nature would rewrite this man’s life story.

The Battle

The Battle Born into a family with little money he spent the early part of his childhood working the family farm and helping with his dad’s tannery business. He was a shy boy and awkward around people and often found his sanctuary around animals. It has even been said he had a special ability to relate to them.

Wanting more for their son his parents were somehow able to get him in the prestige’s academy of West Point. Considered an honor they had high hopes that this would help their reclusive young son.

Although he did not yet know it among those who attended West Point wasa man who would change his life, this man was from a rich upbringing, and this man would graduate top of his class. Back to our guy, he did not finish in the top of his class, in fact he was ranked 21 out of a class of 39 and during his time at West Point he had received several demerits. Still he was assigned to the 4th infantry.

Life was not easy, but he slowly and steadily worked his way up the ranks. During one of his battles, the battle of Monterey, General Garland asked for a volunteer to carry a message to General Twiggs. The route required themessenger to run the gauntlet down the streets occupied by Mexican forces.

Survival of the Fittest

cim profile of success He was just a young man when he found himself standing in front of a judge getting sentenced to 30 years in prison for drug charges. Life had not yet begun for this lad and already it appeared to be over. Could he survive?

By some weird twist of fate he was granted 6-8 years, which was reduced to one month community service and one of rehab. A lucky break that saved his troubled life. Fate had dealt him a good hand, but he still had a long road to recovery, and that would be left up to him.

During the month of rehab he connected with his soul on a trip to Sedona. Something rocked him emotionally; something profound happened among the red rock cannons, something he cannot even put into words. That something changed him forever and for the first time in his life, there was no going back to the addictions.

Wanting to get his life back he went to school, but not having a traditional spot to call home he lived in the outback in a make shift shelter, cooking over an open campfire and sleeping on a bed of pine needles. For two years he would bike into town in the morning and live by society’s rules, attending college and working at a glass factory. At night he would be isolated in the wild, with nothing more than his survival instincts to keep him alive.

The Fighting Gene

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By the time she was three she had moved to three different homes,by the time she was five she had lost her dad to illness. And before she was eight she would be told that she was vain, and would have every mirror taken out of the house, so she could not look at herself.

Before the age of eleven, she would have her family’s house taken away due to her grandfather’s negligence of shooting guns from the property and a stray bullet hitting a child and paralyzing him for life.

Forced to move into an apartment with her mom and step dad, before she even hit twelve she was a child consumed with fear and insecurities, but it only got worse.

When she was thirteen her mom wanted to help her break free of her fear and though she was flat broke, she was able to get her daughter in Dramatic Arts in New York City. After her first semester the drama coaches told her not to come back, they told her she “had no future at all as a performer”.