Student Life - Academic Lecture Series: Move Forward - Staten Island Campus

September 21, 2009 2:00 PM
Kiernan Suite, Kelleher Building, Staten Island Campus

How to Move Forward When You Feel Like Quitting: Becoming Unstoppable
Andres Lara

What makes the difference between winners and losers? The answer is simple. Winners move forward in spite of their challenges, in spite of their doubts, in spite of their fears. They move forward no matter what. It’s as though nothing can stop them. What would it be like, if nothing could stop you? If nothing could hold you back? What would it be like, if you were unstoppable?

This Seminar will touch on:

  • How to become unstoppable
  • How to stay motivated during difficult times
  • How to turn setbacks into comebacks
  • How to move forward when you feel like giving up
  • How to turn the impossible into possible
  • How to inspire the sleeping giant within you

And Much, Much, More…

This presentation is based on the multiple award-winning documentary that seeks solutions to ending HATE and the terrible hate crimes that have become frequent events in our daily lives. The stirring and powerful film centers around true stories taken direct from the national headlines including: The dreadful student shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado; the torturous dragging death of James Byrd, Jr., an African-American man in Texas; and the brutal beating death of Matthew Shephard, a gay college student in Wyoming. The inspiring documentary addresses the subject of HATE by searching out the origins of how it is "taught and learned," the scope of its danger beginning with childhood taunting to murder.

Andres Lara, homeless at 16.....Millionaire at 26.  He is the author of several international-selling books including Inspire the Sleeping Giant Within, which is published in Korea, Africa, and USA; How to Stay Motivated During Difficult Times and The Finish Line.  He has appeared in famous radio shows and has been featured in countless news papers all around the country. Lara is currently the CEO of A. Success Training, former president of Inspiration Magazine, and a nationally known speaker.  His messages reach millions every week in 33 countries around the globe through his website.

But what inspires his audiences the most is that he has accomplished all this by the age of 24. Yet not everything came on a silver spoon for him.  At the age of 16, Lara escaped from Cuba. He arrived to America not knowing a word of English, without his parents, without any money, and was even homeless for a while.  How was he able to turn his life around? How did he go from living his worst nightmare (living on the streets) to living his dream? What inspired him? What had him succeed in spite of all his challenges?  This is what he reveals in his speeches.

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Date
Monday, September 21, 2009

Time
2:00 PM

Location
Kiernan Suite, Kelleher Building, Staten Island Campus

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