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People Who Succeeded Because They Never Gave Up

The saying “Never Give Up” may be a little cliched but its so true and its a great reminder. The odds may not be great to achieve some of our goals but giving up makes the small percentage to 0% lol. So I wanted to share 5 stories of people who achieved their dreams when things didn’t look so good and when felt like giving up, they still pushed on.

1. John Krasinski John Krasinski is best known for his role as Jim Halpert in the office was a struggling working actor before he got his iconic role. He moved to New York to pursue acting and he says he was very lucky cuz his Mom was so supportive she told him that if it doesn’t work in 2 and a half to 3 years that he would pull himself out cuz she wasn’t going to do do it. Now 2 and a half years later of getting small roles while having to work his job as a waiter, he decided that maybe acting wasn’t for him so he called his Mom and asking her if she can pick him up and she told him it was September and to wait it out till the end of the year, 3 weeks later he was casted as Jim in the hit comedy series The Office

2. Stephen King Stephen King is one of the most famous authors in the world mostly known for writing horror books. King was a high school English teacher when he started writing and he was starting writing a book but threw it away because he felt it wasn’t good enough and it wouldn’t sell. Luckily his wife saw the pages in the trash and told him that she was interested and wanted to know how it ended but even after King started to write and finish the book, nobody wanted to publish it. It was rejected 30 times before being accepted. That book was Carrie and ended up being one of the most successful books of all time, selling over 350 Million Copies and started Stephen Kings career of being one of the most successful authors in the world.

3. Matt Leblanc Matt Leblanc mostly known as the lovable Joey Tribbiani in Friends was broke before landing the role, in fact he only $11. He says that one time he was going to get new headshot and the photographer was telling him that one tooth was longer than the rest and to get that filed. He contacts a dentist and finds out that its $80 to get it done and being very tight money he couldn’t afford that so he goes to a local drug store and buys something to do it himself. Before Friends he was much like his character Joey, a struggling actor who gets a role every now and then until landing his role in Friends.

4. Sylvester Stallone This is a classic story that I love hearing about I think its incredible. Back before Stallone was a famous actor, he wrote this script for Rocky and when talking with other studios to get this film made, they all wanted a big named A-list actor to do it but Stallone was very stern about him playing Rocky. Even though he needed the money, he still refused to sell the script without having the studio agree him to play as Rocky. It got so bad that he had to do the unthinkable for any dog lover, he had to sell his dog just so he and his wife could afford to buy food for the both of them. So he eventually got a studio to agree to have him play Rocky, he now has some money so he went back to the guy he sold the dog to and he wouldn’t give him back because he now has an attachment to the dog. After he negotiated with him, he made an agreement with the guy to put him in Rockh for his dog back.

5. Dave Bautista Before acting, David Bautista was one of the top wrestlers for the WWE and when he decided to leave the WWE and move onto acting. Transitioning from wrestling to acting even after The Rock’s success wasn’t easy, he said that he was broke and sold and lost almost everything and had trouble with the IRS. He could have gone back to the WWE but he wanted to move on in his life. After 3 years of leaving, he got the role of Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy and that changed his life forever.

And hearing this story was actually what gave me the idea for today’s video.It goes to show that there are no overnight successes and it may seem easy on the outside but there is a struggle and sometimes everyone feels like quitting but if you keep the faith and push on, you’ll see that everything happens for a reason and you will end up being where you are supposed to be. You always have a chance to live out your dream and do what you’ve always wanted to do, the only thing that will kill that chance is giving up

Short about me: My name is Brent Hosaka and I am a Health, Wellness, and Lifestyle Coach from Hawaii. if you want to read my full story you can click here.

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Overlooked Inspirational Movies

I wanted to talk about some of my favorite inspirational movies that were kind of unappreciated and didn’t get much love when it first came out. So the first movie that I want to talk about is called “That’s What I Am”.

“That’s What I Am” would technically be considered like an anti-bullying film but is one of those inspirational movies that conveys its message in a different way than saying bullying is bad. It’s about this kid named Andy, played by Chase Ellison, who gets assigned to a project with Big G played by Alexander Walters. And Big G has been a kid who’s always been bullied in school. And originally Andy didn’t understand that and without giving too much away, he really starts to understand Big G and who he is. Hence the title “That’s What I Am”.

It’s about being yourself and embracing who you are and there’s a rumor going around school about a teacher played by Ed Harris, and I’m not going to spoil what the rumor is, but it caused a lot of controversy around the school. And it ends up being such a great coming of age story with a lot of heart and a great message in it. I highly recommend it.

The next movie that I’d like to recommend is called “The Ultimate Gift”. This movie is based on a very popular book and it stars James Gardner, Bill Cobbs, Drew Fuller and a very young Abigail Breslin. The movie is about a billionaire who dies and he gives his life’s fortune to his grandson but before his grandson can receive that money, he has to do a series of tasks before he can receive what he calls the ultimate gift. It is a great coming of age story where he learns a lot of lessons in the end, and I do highly recommend it. It has a lot of great lessons in it and I think you’ll like it.

The next movie on my list is called “McFarland USA“. Now this one I feel is one of the rare Disney movies that went very overlooked and very underappreciated. This movie is based on a true story. It stars Kevin Costner as Jim White as he moves to McFarland California to become an assistant football coach. Now while there he starts to realize that a lot of his students and a lot of the students at that school have a lot of potential to start a cross-country team and he learns a lot of lessons well over there. He also learns the appreciation and how easy a lot of people tend to have it and how hard these kids are working every single day, not just at school, but also at home and helping their families at such a young age.

This is a fun, heartfelt drama and I think a lot of you will like it. It does fall into the cliches a little bit in a lot of these inspirational sports dramas based on a true story. But it is still worth a watch, I think. And I think a lot of you will like it especially like sports movies. And also without spoiling it, there’s one part in this movie that every single time I watch it, I get goosebumps. It is so well done.

Now, the last of my favorite inspirational movies that I want to recommend on this list is called “Fighting with My Family”. “Fighting With My Family” came out in 2019 and it’s about the life story of WWE diva Paige. This movie stars Florence Pugh as Paige, Lena Headey and Nick Frost as her parents and also stars The Rock as himself. This is a really fascinating story as Paige, her brother and her parents have been wrestling in the UK for most of Paige’s life. And finally, her and her brother get a shot to try out for the WWE.

And this isn’t a spoiler, it was shown in the trailer, she gets in and her brother does not. So it causes this entire family drama and is very interesting. But not only that, this movie is also very, very funny. In fact, one of the funniest movies that it probably saw last year. And I think whether you’re a wrestling fan or not, there is a lot of fun to be had in this movie and also a lot of inspiration as The Rock in the only way The Rock can do is how he sprout’s inspiration during a scene.

So to recap, I recommend it. That’s What I Am. McFarland USA, Fighting With My Family, and The Ultimate Gift. I hope you all can check it out and I hope you enjoy these inspirational movies as much as I did

Short about me: My name is Brent Hosaka and I am a Health, Wellness, and Lifestyle Coach from Hawaii. if you want to read my full story you can click here.

Karate Kid is one of my favorite movies and it also happens to be a movie with so many great life lessons in it. The movie is kind of feels like a Personal Development movie so today I wanted to talk about some of the lessons that I have learned in Karate Kid.

Everyone can use a good mentor. Mr. Miyagi famously said There is no such thing as bad student only bad teacher. And that is true, teacher say, student do. Mr. Miyagi was an example of great teacher. Even when Daniel started to get distracted or frustrated Mr. Miyagi was able to get him focused back again. We can all use a mentor and teacher who will helps us with that in our lives.
Either you do or you don’t. There was another great quote by Mr. Miyagi where he said Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later, [makes squish gesture] get squish just like grape. Here, karate, same thing. Either you karate do “yes”, or karate do “no”. You karate do “guess so”, [makes squish gesture] just like grape.” I see this quote as being about commitment, Mr. Miyagi wants to know if Daniel is committed about learning Karate because if he isn’t this isn’t going to work. Same thing for everything we do in our lives. We need to committed to learn something or do something or its not going to work.
Take it one step at a time. At the scene of the beach, Daniel sees Mr. Miyagi doing the crane so he asks him if he could teach it to him, he tells him he isn’t ready and says “First learn stand, then learn fly” Basically what this means is take it one step at a time. Don’t attempt anything you are not quite ready for. Kind of like if you were playing a video game and you beat level 1 and decided to skip to the final level, would you succeed, probably not. Same thing with life, take everything one step at a time.
Don’t fear fear. This one is actually from the 3^rd one but I think it’s a great lesson. In the final fight, Daniel is hurting a lot and goes crying to Mr. Miyagi that he can’t do it and wants to quit. Miyagi tells him “Its ok to lose to opponent but must not lose to fear” In others words its ok to fail or lose but its not ok to fail just because you were afraid to do it. Because if you try and do your best, at least you’ll know and have no regrets.

Deadpool Lesson?

With Deadpool 2 just coming out, I thought I would talk about a valuable lesson behind the first one. For 11 years, Deadpool actor, Ryan Reynolds wanted to create a Deadpool movie but Fox declined him because they were sure a Marvel movie would succeed with a R rating. But he didn’t give up and for 11 years and 47 rejections later, he finally got the approval to green light the project. As we they say, the rest is history and I wanted to take a look into it.