The Daily Inspired

Can you do extraordinary things?

This video highlights the lives of many people who started doing ordinary things and went on to do extraordinary things! There is nothing that can stop you from going above and beyond your current circumstances except for yourself. If you don’t hold yourself back you can accomplish anything you put your mind to!

These ordinary people have done extraordinary things, and you can too!

As the Olympics wind down this weekend there are many athletes who will be heading back to their own countries having lost. Some might say they have failed. But what do you think they are going to do? Stop skiing? Stop snowboarding? Stop curling? No. They will keep going and trying. They will do better next time.

Many people have failed in one thing, some things, or many things. But what sets the failures apart from the successes are that they keep going until they succeed! Many people that are renowned have failed. This video shows just a few:

• Did you know Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team?
• Did you know Thomas Edison was told by his teacher he was too stupid to learn anything?

Check out this video and see what other successful people were once told they were failures, then decide to succeed!

I have to admit, I am not a big fan of ice skating… although my wife loves it… So today’s post will be dedicated to her, and also to the women’s final of the Vancouver Olympics this evening. She is very excited to watch it. In her own words, she loves the grace, the power, the precision, and even the speed that it takes to ice skate!

This video is of the ONLY ice skating performance to receive perfect 6.0’s from ALL the judges. It is of Torvill & Dean in the 1984 Olympics. Enjoy!

Do you remember your childhood dreams? Think about them for a second…

I remember imagining myself at the buzzer making the 3 point shot to win the game… Or making the final touchdown in a football game and “juking” the only defender left to score! But wait… I’m here in Rexburg, Idaho… At a computer… Just a senior in college trying to get my degree and start my family. Which is great, but I didn’t exactly reach my childhood dreams.

Want to know who did? Olympic Gold Medalist Julia Mancuso. Check out her inspirational Youtube video!

Usually you don’t see Americans playing cricket… Or Japanese playing football… Or Mexicans playing ice hockey. Why? Because it’s not their countries sport. They didn’t grow up on it, it’s not popular to do and that makes it hard. So why then is there a SKIER from GHANA who is so good he qualified for the Olympics?! In his own words, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong says:

“It’s about doing something different if you have that desire. How much are you willing to sacrifice? How much are you willing to put into what you want to do?”

What do you want to do today? How much are you willing to sacrifice to do it?