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You're better off with a nine-to-five job."
80% of the people fail within the first year.
Go back home." That's what they told me.
Announcer:
Stephen disregarded those discouraging words and when he once again found himself in the vice-president's office, he acted on his intuition.
Stephen:
I looked at him in the eye and I said, "Sir, if you don't hire me,"
"you'll never know what I can do for this firm."
Announcer:
Stephen got the job, but with one final condition.
Stephen: he said, "We'll train you for three months, we'll give you a little salary."
"At the end of three months, you have to take a 250 question examination.
If you fail by one point, YOU'RE OUT!"
Announcer:
Stephen passed that exam and over the next four years he achieved national recognition,"
"earning a six figure salary as his personal sales increased by over 1,700%."
But there was something more, a broader goal and purpose for his life which came to him with instant clarity on a vacation trip to the ocean.
Stephen:
I had to get away for a while, remember I was a stock broker at the time, and I had to get away.
It was a lot of pressure, I just needed a little bit of sun and a little bit of water, and a little bit of sand.
I needed a little bit of a tan, too (laughter).
So I went away, and there I was on the beach, and it was a gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous day.
I was reading a book and then it happened.
Out of the clear blue my eyes flew open.
It was a revelation.
I just knew that my life purpose was to become a speaker and an author.
Announcer:
Since that decisive moment on that beach, Stephen has shared his inspiring story through the medium of television and radio as an author and has spoken to hundreds of organizations of all ages, all across America and has never looked back, except to remember the people who helped to encourage him along the way.
People like his fifth grade teacher.
Stephen: ...and then Mrs. Jordan made a grand entrance into my life.
She was a larger-than- life woman with salt and pepper hair and eyes that I swore twinkled.
Have you ever had someone in your life that you wanted to be so much a part of, people who are that powerful?
She was that powerful.
One day she had a question for the class.
I'm sitting there.
Let's go back to the 1970's.
I'm wearing bell-bottom pants (Horrible, never again!!).
But there I am, she had a question.
I raised my hand hoping that she wouldn't call on me.
She called on me.
Remember, she's a larger-than-life woman with a lot of energy.
"Stephen, that's right!!"
Wow, because of Mrs. Jordan, she changed my life at that moment.
Announcer:
"That's right, Stephen," became a personal mantra as a reminder of the power and impact one person can have on another.
Ivan Noble of Boston University writes,
"I have read over 400 student evaluations of your presentation, [with comments like]
'Bring him back, please!' 'The Best!' 'Truly inspiring!'
[and] 'he made me feel like I could achieve anything I want.' You capture the hearts and attention of every single audience member."
Ray Hexamer:
Most times you hire a speaker, it's the same speech that they've done 50 times in the last four months.
Stephen's was not that way, he was different in the respect that he took the time to actually get to know what First Communications was and what they represented and tailored his presentations to fit what we were looking for.
Stephen:
You have dreams, like me, you have ambitions, like me.
I'm just like you.
I didn't really do anything more than what you're capable of doing.
The only thing to be able to embrace change.
Howard Putnam:
This is Howard Putnam.
Stephen Hopson has faced adversity all his life and he has been successful against adversity over and over again.
Today, he is speaking, he is writing, and he is available for your group or your team.
If you have goals and expectations that you want to exceed, be it your management team, your supervisors in the plant, or your salesforce
Stephen has a story to tell that will help you exceed your goals.
Stephen:
My belief is that if I can make difference in your life, if I can touch you in a way that you feel that you are able to overcome adversity, then I have done my job.
Announcer:
Stephen Hopson, a man of integrity who has overcome great adversity with great passion.
He will inspire you and your organization to transform adversity into an opportunity for success.
From page 168 to 169,
Jesus's character says:
"Those who love me"
"are in all existing systems."
"They are buddhists or mormons,"
"baptists or muslims,"
"democrats and republicans,"
"and others that don't vote and"
"are not part of any religious institution."
"There are bankers, players,"
"americans and iraquians,"
"jews and palestinians."
"I do not want you to become christians."
"But I want to join them in their process"
"to transform into sons and daughters of Dad."
"Into brothers and sisters, into my beloved."
These are the words of Jesus, of his character, the main character of the book.
It is an interesting sentence.
Indeed, says that Jesus can be anywhere.
Any system.
But what called my attention was the affirmation:
"I do not want you to become christians."
And, depending on what christian is, the word "christian" in each person's mind can have different meanings.
And, depending on what christian is,
Jesus doesn't want us to become christians.
So you can understand this, about the designation "christian", the word "christian", you will find people with completely different ideas.
Antagonistic.
You will find Ku Klux Klan, who were protestant christians. and Martin Luther King.
Both - Martin Luther King, a baptist pastor -
- and Ku Klux Klan, movement led by white people, protestants in the USA. -
And so, you will find the catholic church, with a moral, well, it is a conservative society.
Like, the prohibition of marriage to the priest.

You're better off with a nine-to-five job."

80% of the people fail within the first year.

Go back home." That's what they told me.

Announcer:

Stephen disregarded those discouraging words and when he once again found himself in the vice-president's office, he acted on his intuition.

Stephen:

I looked at him in the eye and I said, "Sir, if you don't hire me,"

"you'll never know what I can do for this firm."

Announcer:

Stephen got the job, but with one final condition.

Stephen: he said, "We'll train you for three months, we'll give you a little salary."

"At the end of three months, you have to take a 250 question examination.

If you fail by one point, YOU'RE OUT!"

Announcer:

Stephen passed that exam and over the next four years he achieved national recognition,"

"earning a six figure salary as his personal sales increased by over 1,700%."

But there was something more, a broader goal and purpose for his life which came to him with instant clarity on a vacation trip to the ocean.

Stephen:

I had to get away for a while, remember I was a stock broker at the time, and I had to get away.

It was a lot of pressure, I just needed a little bit of sun and a little bit of water, and a little bit of sand.

I needed a little bit of a tan, too (laughter).

So I went away, and there I was on the beach, and it was a gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous day.

I was reading a book and then it happened.

Out of the clear blue my eyes flew open.

It was a revelation.

I just knew that my life purpose was to become a speaker and an author.

Announcer:

Since that decisive moment on that beach, Stephen has shared his inspiring story through the medium of television and radio as an author and has spoken to hundreds of organizations of all ages, all across America and has never looked back, except to remember the people who helped to encourage him along the way.

People like his fifth grade teacher.

Stephen: ...and then Mrs. Jordan made a grand entrance into my life.

She was a larger-than- life woman with salt and pepper hair and eyes that I swore twinkled.

Have you ever had someone in your life that you wanted to be so much a part of, people who are that powerful?

She was that powerful.

One day she had a question for the class.

I'm sitting there.

Let's go back to the 1970's.

I'm wearing bell-bottom pants (Horrible, never again!!).

But there I am, she had a question.

I raised my hand hoping that she wouldn't call on me.

She called on me.

Remember, she's a larger-than-life woman with a lot of energy.

"Stephen, that's right!!"

Wow, because of Mrs. Jordan, she changed my life at that moment.

Announcer:

"That's right, Stephen," became a personal mantra as a reminder of the power and impact one person can have on another.

Ivan Noble of Boston University writes,

"I have read over 400 student evaluations of your presentation, [with comments like]

'Bring him back, please!' 'The Best!' 'Truly inspiring!'

[and] 'he made me feel like I could achieve anything I want.' You capture the hearts and attention of every single audience member."

Ray Hexamer:

Most times you hire a speaker, it's the same speech that they've done 50 times in the last four months.

Stephen's was not that way, he was different in the respect that he took the time to actually get to know what First Communications was and what they represented and tailored his presentations to fit what we were looking for.

Stephen:

You have dreams, like me, you have ambitions, like me.

I'm just like you.

I didn't really do anything more than what you're capable of doing.

The only thing to be able to embrace change.

Howard Putnam:

This is Howard Putnam.

Stephen Hopson has faced adversity all his life and he has been successful against adversity over and over again.

Today, he is speaking, he is writing, and he is available for your group or your team.

If you have goals and expectations that you want to exceed, be it your management team, your supervisors in the plant, or your salesforce

Stephen has a story to tell that will help you exceed your goals.

Stephen:

My belief is that if I can make difference in your life, if I can touch you in a way that you feel that you are able to overcome adversity, then I have done my job.

Announcer:

Stephen Hopson, a man of integrity who has overcome great adversity with great passion.

He will inspire you and your organization to transform adversity into an opportunity for success.

From page 168 to 169,

Jesus's character says:

"Those who love me"

"are in all existing systems."

"They are buddhists or mormons,"

"baptists or muslims,"

"democrats and republicans,"

"and others that don't vote and"

"are not part of any religious institution."

"There are bankers, players,"

"americans and iraquians,"

"jews and palestinians."

"I do not want you to become christians."

"But I want to join them in their process"

"to transform into sons and daughters of Dad."

"Into brothers and sisters, into my beloved."

These are the words of Jesus, of his character, the main character of the book.

It is an interesting sentence.

Indeed, says that Jesus can be anywhere.

Any system.

But what called my attention was the affirmation:

"I do not want you to become christians."

And, depending on what christian is, the word "christian" in each person's mind can have different meanings.

And, depending on what christian is,

Jesus doesn't want us to become christians.

So you can understand this, about the designation "christian", the word "christian", you will find people with completely different ideas.

Antagonistic.

You will find Ku Klux Klan, who were protestant christians. and Martin Luther King.

Both - Martin Luther King, a baptist pastor -

- and Ku Klux Klan, movement led by white people, protestants in the USA. -

And so, you will find the catholic church, with a moral, well, it is a conservative society.

Like, the prohibition of marriage to the priest.