BEATING THE ODDS. PRESENTED BY LOUISE “SINAI” MBELLA.

BASED ON THE WRITING OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS: “LEARNING HOW TO READ AND WRITE.”

Qualities to cultivate in order to surmount, impossible odds.

KNOWLEDGE:FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED

TO KNOW TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS.

MEMORIZE, APPLY, PRACTICE INTENSIVELY.“ WE ARE WHAT WE REPEATEDLY DO.

EXCELLENCE, THEN, IS NOT AN ACT, BUT A HABIT.

”ARISTOTLE: HABIT OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION

EDUCATIONCAN BE USED AS A TOOL TO FOLLOW YOUR

DREAM OF GREATNESS.“ EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL

WEAPON, WHICH YOU CAN USE, TO CHANGE THE WORLD “

BEAT THE ODDS SUCCESS EXAMPLE 1:

MICHAEL OHER, WENT FROM MEMPHIS INNER CITY BROKEN HOME TO N.F.L. PRO STAR.WITH PERSEVERENCE AND RESILIENCE

"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if

you’re willing to work." - Oprah Winfrey.

ATTITUDE:maintain a positive response to life

challenges.Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

William James

LISTENING & OBSERVATION:

ONE OF MICHAEL OHER GREAT INNER QUALITY, AS LA TIMES REPORTS 02/07th/2011 THAT HE:

“…preferred to observe rather than participate in social settings…”

“ You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation ”

By Greek Philosopher, Plato.

BEAT THE ODDS SUCCESSEXAMPLE 2:

LOS ANGELES CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY, Kenneth Kahn [June 17, 1942––

May 27, 2009] BORN OF DRUG ADDICTS PARENTS, WENT FROM

BEING A MINORITY AMONG THE MINORITIES LIVING IN THE PROJECTS OF EAST L.A, TO OWNING HIS TOP LAW

FIRM & BECOMING A HIGHLY PAID ATTORNEY AFTER GRADUATING FROM LAW SCHOOL AT U.C

BERKELY(1965).

EDUCATION, A TOOL TO FUFILL DESTINY

OVERCOME: “ DIFFICULTIES STRENGHTENS THE MIND, AS LABOR

DOES THE BODY “ BY, ANAEUS SENECA.

FINAL THOUGHTS: “ACTION” IS KEY.

KNOWLEDGE APPLIED PROPERLY, NOT JUST KNOWLEDGE, EQUALS TRUE WISDOM.

“I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.”

Frederick Douglass“As long as we have faith in our own cause

and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.”

― Winston Churchill

SPECIAL THANKS, TO ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY,

LOUISE “SINAI” MBELLASPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO:

KATHRYN POPE, M.F.A & BRIDGE PROGRAM DIRECTOR.DAVID TRIPP, Ph.D.SIMON KENDRICK

KIRSTEN GRIMSTAD Ph.D.BRIDGE PROGRAM FAMILY

CYNTHIA RUFFIN.

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