Keep on Pushing: Hot Lessons from Cool Runnings - Hardcover

Harris, Devon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0976408279 ISBN 13: 9780976408277

Publisher: Waterhouse Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

In Keep On Pushing: Hot lessons from Cool Runnings, Devon Harris brings together all the life lessons he has learned from his high school days growing up in a violent ghetto in Kignston, Jamaica to the Prestige of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst ,to an officer in the Jamaica Defence Force and a member of the famed Jamaica bobsled team whose exploits were depicted in the Disney blockbuster Cool Runnings. At the heart of Keep On Pushing are the lessons he has learned of the power of persistence over all sorts of obstacles in order to live one's best life. His goal is that the message of the book will speak to how everyone can keep on pushing and working for their dreams every day of their professional as well as personal lives.

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About the Author

Born on Christmas Day, 1964 and raised in the most notorious enclave of Olympic Gardens in Kingston, known as Waterhouse, the greatest gift Devon Harris ever received was the belief that a positive attitude and a never say die philosophy would carry him farther than a sense of injustice and a heart filled with anger. A graduate of the prestigious Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in England, Devon received a Queen s Commission in December 1985 and served in the officer corps of the Jamaica Defence Force until December 1992 when he retired as a Captain. Encouraged by his commanding officer, Devon tried out for and was selected as a member of Jamaica s first bobsled team which competed in Calgary, Canada in 1988. The Disney blockbuster movie Cool Runnings was based on that experience. Devon also competed in the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France and the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan. Devon has made a commitment to do whatever it takes to nourish the minds and bodies of the young students in Jamaica and elsewhere around the world who Devon believes have the same potential for success as did he. Through his Keep On Pushing Foundation, which he founded in 2006, Devon aims to bring hope to youths in disadvantaged communities around the globe by creating practical opportunities for them to explore their full potential. The Keep On Pushing Foundation initial activities are focused on delivering new desktop computers and a solid breakfast for every elementary school child in Devon's old Waterhouse school district, for, as Devon believes, you cannot learn if you are hungry and lack for the most basic tools to compete in the 21st century.Through Keep on Pushing, Devon also works with the Right to Play as an athlete ambassador, supporting Right to Play s efforts in using sports and play in refugee camps to enhance child development and build community capacity. Devon is married with five children, resides in New York and travels internationally as a Motivational Speaker, offering a captivating message of persistence, teamwork, inspiration and hope. He is the author of the motivational children s book, Yes I Can!, and Keep On Pushing: Hot Lessons from Cool Runnings.

From the Inside Flap

If anyone knows how to push past life s inevitable obstacles towards higher levels of achievements, Devon Harris does. From his humble beginnings in Olympic Gardens-a tough ghetto environment in Kingston, Jamaica, to the prestige of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, a captain in the Jamaica Defence Force, three-time Winter Olympian and original member of the famed Jamaican bobsled team whose exploits formed the basis of the Disney blockbuster Cool Runnings, Devon Harris has demonstrated that life s challenges can be overcome with desire, drive and persistence.As a motivational speaker, Devon has been sparking audiences around the world with his powerful, inspiring message. In Keep on Pushing: Hot Lessons from Cool Runnings, Devon takes you on his journey from Olympic Gardens to the Olympic Games- and beyond. Keep on Pushing: Hot lessons from Cool Runnings is told with authenticity and passion. It is chock full of wise, empowering advice that you will find immediately applicable to your life. You will learn how to: Conquer your fears Push past your perceived limitations Persist until you succeed Develop healthy self-esteem Approach your setbacks and failures in a fresh, new empowering way Embrace and understand the importance of teamwork Above all you will come to understand the amazing, untapped, unlimited potential that you have inside of you and how when you set your mind to it, you can achieve virtually anything.Devon Harris message is for all of us: Not just the athlete vying to compete in the Olympic Games but also for the stay at home mom who wants to start her own business, and the entrepreneur who wants to take his company to the next level. It is for the teacher, the student, the salesperson, the corporate executive as well as the small business person. If you have obstacles in your life or would like to raise your game to the next level, then this book is for you.

Edition details

• Publisher: Waterhouse Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0976408279
• ISBN 13: 9780976408277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 294