Decide to Become Awesome

By Robert L Gray

A collection of good ideas and inspirational thoughts! What if you had a chance to do your life over? What if you had the benefit of possessing the intelligence and the maturity that you now have but you could go back and make different choices, travel different roads, pursue other interests, and have a sense of true enjoyment and purpose? Could you seize that opportunity and make the most of it? Don't waste time. Start building the life you dream about. If you don't create the life you want, nobody else will. It's not their responsibility. It is yours! The time is now! Can you make time to be successful? Developing a few key life strategies in a couple of important areas can change your life quicker than you could ever believe. We think of drastic changes as being the key to success, but actually, it is the small, steady changes and disciplines that we begin to faithfully implement that make the biggest differences. Remember, whatever you believe about yourself on the inside is what you will manifest on the outside LIVE ON PURPOSE!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jul 26, 2019
• ISBN: 9781644248713

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Copyright © 2019 Robert L. Gray

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING, INC.

New York, NY

First originally published by Page Publishing, Inc. 2019

ISBN 978-1-64424-870-6 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-64424-871-3 (Digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Design the life you really want to live.

Although we think we do, nobody does life all by themselves. It really is a team activity. There should always be

someone who can help you stand on those stormy days and who can share your sunny days as well. That would be my wife, Sabrina. Thank you, babe.

About This Book

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This is not a textbook but a tip book. It is designed to present you with strategies and concepts to ponder, meditate upon and apply to your life where applicable to your situation. If there are just five or six tips that you can extract from this book and really consistently apply them, your life will change, and you will be on your way to becoming the you that you really want to be. Just implementing five or six new life strategies can make a huge difference.

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Make up your mind that this time next month, you will be well on your way toward fulfilling your goals and life vision. Be patient with yourself and the process, remembering that this is a marathon and not a sprint. You’re not racing against or in competition with anyone except yourself. This is a battle that you can and will win. If you stick it out and don’t quit, you can have the opportunity to become great at what you do.

Foreword

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Question:

What is the spirit of a champion? What does it take to really develop that spirit?

A true champion wins with a balanced life. This includes developing your spiritual nature as well as your physical and intellectual nature. A champion is always prepared for what it takes to win and must exude confidence and faith in oneself and in spirit and must overcome obstacles and setbacks to get to the desired goal.

A champion wins with a joyful and a thankful attitude and accepts victory with grace.

That joyful attitude is reflected by the Reverend Bob Gray. His joy for Jesus and his strong faith are contagious. Reverend Gray has persevered through personal tragedy and the rigors and stress of being a probation officer and has found comfort and direction in ministering to so many others while spreading words of comfort, joy and faith.

Those of us with the Red Sox have been privileged to witness Reverend Gray sharing his faith with us at Baseball Chapel. I have been involved with many champions both on and off the playing fields, and I am certain that Reverend Gray is a true champion in so many ways.

Joe Castiglione

Boston Red Sox Broadcaster

Major League Baseball (MLB)

*****

Reverend Bob Gray asked me the following: What is the spirit of a champion? Can it be taught? Is it innate? How do you know if you possess it? Well, having had the opportunity to be a member of three NFL championship teams, I can tell you with absolute certainty that we all poses a spirit of either a champion or a loser and, at times, a combination of both. When the circumstances of life present themselves, they will reveal not conceal who you really are and which characteristics you choose to express!

If you are willing to give your time, resources, effort, energy, heart, and soul for the benefit of others, then you have expressed the spirit of a champion! If it is all about you, your glory, your pleasure, and even your pain, then you have not expressed the spirit of a champion. Sadly, most people pursue self-interest in which the end result is a mediocre existence. The good news is that despite our shortcomings and failures, we all have the ability to overcome mediocrity and daily express the spirit of a champion!

Je’Rod A. Cherry

Three-time retired

NE Patriot Super Bowl Champion

National Football Association (NFL)

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What is the spirit of a champion? What does it really take to develop that spirit?

In victory and defeat,