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Book 1 of the “Every Breath Is Gold” Series
Get ready to laugh, cry, smile and think…
Twenty-six years ago, my goal and mission in life was to win a New York State Wrestling Championship.
I committed myself to a lifestyle, I made the sacrifices, I put in the time, I starved myself, I even shaved my head.
I had the hunger, the desire and the determination, but I came up short.
For many years, after I graduated it seemed like I got nothing out of my six years of total dedication to the sport. That the trade off of what I gave and what I got in return to this sport was way out of whack.
I hated wrestling for it.
To put every ounce of your soul into achieving something and to get nothing out of it in return was beyond my comprehension and I just could not justify it in my head.
Until, I had adversity in my life.
And slowly but surely, I started realizing how much the sport of wrestling actually has given back to me.
Much more than I ever knew.
6 Minutes Wrestling with Life is much more than a wrestling book.
It is a book on life, love, loss and belief.
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Chapter:
9. BE THE GUY WHO SETS THE BAR
14. ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK
16. FISH HOOKED – DON’T TAKE THE BAIT
18. DAY 28 EERILY PARALLEL LIVES
22. TOURETTE’S WITHOUT TALKING
23. 6 BEDS – 7 PATIENTS – 0 PATIENCE
28. AN AWAITING RESERVOIR OF “CAN DO”
33. SLEEPING WITH MY SNEAKERS ON
37. ONLY LIGHT DRIVES OUT DARKNESS
38. FROM MELROSE PLACE TO ER OVERNIGHT
43. ADULT LARGE – TAKE THE HIT
52. EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON
55. TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO BE ALIVE
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AGAIN
Book 2 of the “Every Breath Is Gold” Series
There are going to be many occasions where you are faced with giving up, where the normal person would not hold it against you for stopping, where almost everyone would give you a pat on the back for a valiant effort.
It is at that time that you have a choice to make, you could accept the alibi that is being thrown to you, or you can try “Again.”
The ability to keep going on when you think that you can’t go on anymore.
When you have given everything to achieving a goal and you come up short.
Your fight inside of you cannot be dictated by the amount of time left on the clock, or by the score, or by relying on getting good breaks over bad ones.
Your fight inside of you must be dictated by the outcome that you want to achieve.
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Chapter:
4 – RED LIGHTS AND YELLOW LINES
5 – THE MOST DANGEROUS DAY OF YOUR LIFE
9 – ROOFTOP ON A HOSPITAL PARKING LOT
10 – YOU CAN GET THE LAST TAKEDOWN, FOR YOUR TEAM
16 – THE GREATEST ASSET IN MY LIFE
19 – TURN YOUR WALL INTO A RAFT
20 – A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
22 – I’LL HAVE AN ORDER OF HAPPINESS TO GO
25 – BE MORE PROUD THEN DISAPPOINTED
28 – THE SECTION XI PARENTS ALLIANCE
30 – FROM THE PODIUM TO THE 15TH FLOOR
31 – A GREAT FRIEND GIVES YOU THE SHIRT OFF OF HIS WALL
32 – FROM THE BASEMENT TO THE JUMBOTRON
34 – THE MOST UNSELFISH ACT EVER
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Your Soul Knows
Book 3 of the “Every Breath Is Gold” Series
I believe every experience we go through in life is to prepare us for what is to come in our lives.
To teach us the life lessons we need to know so we can best handle our ultimate test, somewhere in the future.
I believe that our lives are an accumulation of life lessons that can only be learned by personal experience, to be completely understood.
I believe the universe takes us on goals and missions in our lives we believe are the most important things to us at the time.
It does this to teach us lessons that we need to experience and learn, so we can successfully execute them when our real mission in life finally arrives.
I believe that if you really listen, your soul will talk to you.
And when it does…
Listen, Trust, Act
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Chapter:
6 – Delayed Divine Explanation
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Sharing Inspiration and Optimism
It’s going to take longer than you originally thought.
You are going to need to invest more effort than you
ever would have liked to exert.
You are going to have to endure more pain than you planned.
Face more failed attempts than you thought would have been necessary. Experience more setbacks than you rationally and
logically should have ever had to go through.
There’s going to be many times when your effort will not be rewarded, or even acknowledged.
Yes, at times it’s going to suck.
For now. You need to get through the suck.
Success always lags behind hard work and effort.
When you have put in more effort than reward
received, you have to double down on belief,
confidence and enthusiasm.
You have to continue to work yourself to the brink of collapse and tears. You need to be able to do this indefinitely.
You need to have faith in the process.
For this part of the process is the final filtering system to creating greatness.
As your reward is not being unjustifiably held from you, it is actually being deferred for you. Stored up, to be given to you in a lump sum, rather than in incremental pieces.
At this point in the process, what you do not do is
more important than what you do.
In order to receive the reward of your hard work –
The reward you deserve –
The reward you have earned.
You need to be incapable of discouragement.
24 stories on life, love, loss, and belief.
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Chapter:
BE INCAPABLE OF DISCOURAGEMENT
SOMETIMES, TEXAS IS NOT FOREVER
A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME WILL LAST A LIFETIME
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A Good Man
It has taken me all of my life to realize my goal in life is not to look successful to the world, but to be significant to a few.
There are times when you meet someone who winds up making a big difference in your life. In the way you think, how you act, who you have become. And despite time, or their absence, a piece of them continue to live inside of you.
My life has bounced between the extremes of exhilarating and excruciating many times, but no matter where my life is in my life’s cycle the impact this one man has had on it has always been quite evident.
A Good Man has that effect on you.
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Chapter:
15. WHEN A STATION WAGON IS MORE VALUABLE THAN A RED FERRARI
17. LET’S NOT GO TO THE VIDEOTAPE
26. ASS BACKWARDS AND THE ONE EYED GUY
30. YOU CAN’T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN
35. SEPARATION OF ACT AND PERSON
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