Can there be a greater example of motivation at work than the
life of Nick Vujicic? His story is basically a great example of what’s possible
with the right attitude - the power of motivation. It proves the quote, “Life
is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” If you haven’t heard
of this celebrity, here’s a brief introduction.
Nick Vujicic, or Nicholas James Vujicic, is an Australian
evangelist and motivational speaker. So what’s special about him? He’s a
differently abled individual, having been born with tetra-amelia syndrome, meaning
he doesn’t have any limbs -- neither arms nor feet! He does have extremely tiny and deformed feet
whose toes he uses to do stuff such as operating the mobile phone and computer,
turning the pages of a book, operating his electric wheelchair, and so on.
Find Your Source of
Motivation
Born to Serbian immigrants to Australia in 1982 at Melbourne,
Nick’s parents initially struggled to accept him. Eventually, they found faith
in God to carry on, accepting His will for Nick. And that’s
what Nick has found as well. His faith has given him the motivation to carry
on. And he’s devoted his life to spreading that faith. Likewise, it’s up to us
to find our sources of motivation. And that’s the first lesson we learn from
Vujicic’s life.
Focus
on the Positives around You
After that initial shock his parents had,
Nick reports that his childhood was “amazingly normal”. That doesn’t mean he
didn’t have challenges. In fact, there were plenty of them. Despite the
physical impairment, most of his struggles were emotional. He wondered if his
life ever had any purpose, because he couldn’t do or aspire for many things his
friends were able to. He even contemplated suicide. Then he read an article
about a disabled individual doing impressive things, and that changed his life.
That’s where we come to our second lesson - dwell on the positives you see in
the world around you and look for examples that can give encouragement,
motivation, and renewed focus to your life.
Forget
About Your Struggles and Help Others
Nick’s actions after that life changing
moment made the world aware about his struggles, and helped him motivate his
fellow-beings. Nick started motivating others through speeches. He started with
his prayer group and people started finding inspiration from the experiences he
related. He soon found larger audiences to the point where he now addresses
churches and stadia packed with people! Gradually, he expanded to YouTube
videos and also the prison ministry where he motivates people who’ve made wrong
decisions in life, but have the chance to make the rest of their lives better
for themselves and for others.
And
that’s the final lesson we learn. Are you going through a major problem in your
life? Then the best way to forget about it and move ahead would be to focus on
how to help others deal with their problems. Be motivated, and motivate others.
If Nick Vujicic can, so can you.
Peter
Theodorou has devoted himself to motivating others, not just as a career but to
also fulfill his dream of doing his part to make the world a better place.
People like Nick Vujicic are his role models.
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