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    Power Your Life With the Positive: Life Lessons and Secrets for Success From Luminaries and Everyday Heroes
    Power Your Life With the Positive: Life Lessons and Secrets for Success From Luminaries and Everyday Heroes
    Power Your Life With the Positive: Life Lessons and Secrets for Success From Luminaries and Everyday Heroes
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    Power Your Life With the Positive: Life Lessons and Secrets for Success From Luminaries and Everyday Heroes

    By Cyrus Webb

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    What is the secret to success and happiness?

    Nothing in life is impossible: Cyrus Webb (art show and poetry reading host, and founder of the “Conversations” daily radio show, magazine, and Conversations Book Club) reminds us in Power Your Life With the Positive, “Nothing in life is impossible. Your goals and dreams are worth fighting for!”

    You can leave negativity behind: Drawing on the life-changing experiences of fellow artists, industry insiders, and those in front of and behind the camera in the entertainment industry, author Cyrus Webb has provided a compendium of encouragement for all to benefit from. Power Your Life with the Positive is filled with stories of amazing life turnarounds and proves the importance of optimism in an often-negative world. In this book of positivity, faith, and hope, Webb encourages us to let these stories “give you the fuel you need to power your life with the positive and leave the negativity behind.”

    Find hope and inspiration: In these times of economic uncertainty, civic strife, and political turmoil, it is more important than ever to offer people hope and inspiration to believe that the best is yet to come. The notable figures featured in this book have faced their own fears and crises, believed enough in their goals and dreams to keep going, and reaped the rewards by not allowing their own doubts and those of others stop them.

    Famous people who powered their lives with the positive: The notables featured in Webb’s book faced their own fears, believed enough in their goals and dreams to pursue them and reaped rewards by sticking to their guns and not allowing their own doubts and those of others stop them:

    • Supermodel Tess Holliday
    • Grammy award-winning singer and actress Stephanie Mills
    • Prison Break creator Paul T. Scheuring
    • Roots and Reading Rainbow’s LeVar Burton
    • Actor Jamie Kennedy
    • Recording artist Keith Sweat
    • Walking Dead’s Jeryl Prescott Sales
    • Actress Antonique Smith
    • Dukes of Hazzard actor John Schneider
    • Dan Bucatinsky of Scandal and 24
    • Legendary bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark
    • Actor Isaiah Washington
    • American Idol’s Ruben Studdard and Taylor Hicks
    • Artist Aubrey O’Day
    • and many more

    If you liked positivity and motivational books such as The Secret, The Power of Positive Thinking, Chicken Soup for the Soul, You Are a Badass, Make Your Bed, and Unshakeable; you'll love Cyrus Webb's Power Your Life With the Positive

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMango
    Release dateApr 15, 2018
    ISBN9781633537491
    Power Your Life With the Positive: Life Lessons and Secrets for Success From Luminaries and Everyday Heroes
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    Cyrus Webb

    As a radio and television show host, (Conversations LIVE and Conversations with Cyrus Webb), President of Conversations Book Club, and Editor-In-Chief of Conversations Magazine, Mississippi native Cyrus Webb has built a brand based on the power of words. For over a decade, he has utilized the platform of the Internet to build an online following that now on social media includes over 15k through Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. The message of the Conversations brand is simply "Feeding Your Love of Life." In an addition to his many talents, Webb is an award winning spoken word artist and visual artist who has traveled throughout the South showcasing his work. His articles have been published in The Clarion Ledger Newspaper, Hype Magazine, Brotha Magazine, Books 2 Mention Magazine, and others. Cyrus continues to share his inspiring messages, and that of others, through his website www.cyruswebbpresents.com

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      Power Your Life With the Positive - Cyrus Webb

      Copyright © 2018 Cyrus Webb.

      Published by Mango Publishing Group, a division of Mango Media Inc.

      Cover and Layout Design: Elina Diaz

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      Power Your Life with the Positive: Life Lessons and Secrets to Success from Luminaries and Everyday Heroes

      Library of Congress Cataloging

      ISBN: (print) 978-1-63353-748-4 (ebook) 978-1-63353-749-1

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2018937910

      BISAC category code: SEL027000 – SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success

      Printed in the United States of America

      To the Reader:

      There are so many influences that can bring us down in life, making us feel as though nothing is possible and that our goals and dreams are unattainable. Maybe you find yourself surrounded by such negativity. Does it have to dictate what you are able to do in your own life? Absolutely not!

      Through my radio show, magazine, and web series, I have interviewed over seventy-eight hundred guests from all walks of life. They might seem different at first glance, but each is a great example of someone who has accomplished amazing things while facing difficult circumstances. Power Your Life with the Positive draws on my interviews with forty such individuals, people who have overcome challenges, set goals, and exceeded them … often bouncing back from difficulty to find their way to achievement.

      But Power Your Life with the Positive does not end with the stories it tells—it continues with yours. After each profile, you will find questions and inspirational quotes to prompt thought, journaling, or discussion on what you have just read. To focus discussion and thought, as well as providing more nugget-sized inspiration, Power Your Life with the Positive includes text-box nuggets in each profile that you can draw on

      for yourself.

      Nothing in life is impossible. Your goals and dreams are worth fighting for. Let these examples give you the fuel you need to power your life with the positive and leave the negativity behind.

      —Cyrus Webb

      Table of Contents

      Profile #1: Give Yourself Permission to Focus and Refocus in LifeActress, Producer, and Author Robinne Lee

      Profile #2: Acknowledge Doubt, but Don’t Give In to It Writer, Producer, and Author Paul T. Scheuring

      Profile #3: Take Pleasure in Learning Actor, Producer, TV Personality, and Author LeVar Burton

      Profile #4: Acknowledge the Challenge, Have Faith, and Move Forward Actor, Writer, and Producer Jeryl Prescott

      Profile #5: Start Where You Are and Don’t Give Up Producer and Author Peter Engel

      Profile #6: Recognize the Power of Your Gift Singer and Actress Antonique Smith

      Profile #7: Your Gift Is Bigger Than You Actor, Choreographer, and Author Darrin Dewitt Henson

      Profile #8: Shine a Light on What Makes You Special Actor, Producer, and Recording Artist John Schneider

      Profile #9: Be Confident, Even on the Bad Days Supermodel and Author Tess Holliday

      Profile #10: Share Your Story and Change the World Fitness Model, Trainer, and Photographer Wendell B.

      Profile #11: Stand in Your Power Singer and Actor Willie Taylor

      Profile #12: Consistency Is the Key to Longevity Singer Johnny Gill

      Profile #13: Blaze a Trail. Light the Way. Singer Keith Sweat

      Profile #14: Take Advantage of a Second Chance Media Personality and Author Rolonda Watts

      Profile #15: Let Your Love Motivate YouActor Bruno Gunn

      Profile #16: Don’t Be Afraid to Act Actress and Author Tina Alexis Allen

      Profile #17: Adapt as Your World Changes Comedian and Actor Jamie Kennedy

      Profile #18: Don’t Despise Small BeginningsRecording Artist Ruben Studdard

      Profile #19: Learn from Others, but Be YourselfAuthor, Actress, and Producer Omegia Keeys

      Profile #20: Own the Responsibility You’ve Been GivenActor, Writer, and Director Philip K. Boyd

      Profile #21: A Setback is a Reset, Not the EndFitness Trainer and Model Branden Nicholson

      Profile #22: Create Your Own Lane Actor and Producer Chris Greene

      Profile #23: Honesty Guides You Towards Success Actor, Producer, and Actor Dan Bucatinsky

      Profile #24: Be Willing to Make Others UncomfortableActor, Producer, and Advocate Michael Cory Davis

      Profile #25: If You Stay True to Yourself, Others Will Respond Singer Jason Pure

      Profile #26: Have a Vision and Work Towards It Singer and TV Host Taylor Hicks

      Profile #27: Shine Your Light No Matter Where You Are Writer and Producer Will Packer

      Profile #28: Be Unapologetically You Singer and TV Personality Aubrey O’Day

      Profile #29: You’re Never Too Young (or Old) to Start Again Author Mary Higgins Clark

      Profile #30: Get Out of Your Own Way Author Wally Lamb

      Profile #31: Recognize What Makes You Unique Actor Jon Chaffin

      Profile #32: Be an Example by Celebrating Others Singer and Actress Stephanie Mills

      Profile #33: The Road to Success Is Long but Worth It Actress Renee Lawless

      Profile #34: Believe You Can Do It Model and Actor Anthony C. Johns

      Profile #35: Your Life Can Change the World Singer Kenny Lattimore

      Profile #36: Use Your Spotlight to Light the Way for Others Media Personality and Author Leeza Gibbons

      Profile #37: Be Bold. Be Brave. Be You. Poet and Author Joy Elan

      Profile #38: Make Sure Your Life Has the Right Director, Speaker, and Author DeVon Franklin

      Profile #39: Use Life’s Lessons to Keep Growing Actor and Producer Isaiah Washington

      Profile #40: The Best Is Yet to Come Actor Sam Humphrey

      Afterword

      Acknowledgments

      About the Author

      Profile #1:

      Give Yourself Permission to Focus and Refocus in Life

      Actress, Producer, and Author Robinne Lee

      Robinne Lee is a talented producer, actress and author, a woman known for movies like Deliver Us from Eva and Seven Pounds, as well as the hit show on BET, Being Mary Jane. Her fans went crazy when she joined the cast of the Fifty Shades franchise, and she spends a lot of time promoting her work, which includes her new novel, The Idea of You. Her busy life shows how much effort Robinne has put into her work, but she is always eager to share with others how her success is something they can attain as well.

      CW. Robinne, what has it been like for you to reflect on this amazing ride that you have had, not only as an actor and a producer, but now as an author?

      RL. You know, I think I am the kind of person … I am a little bit of a Type A person. I am very controlling, but I also don’t like to sit still.

      I feel like I need to be creating and evolving, and I think that it is important to keep finding things that feed your soul, your heart, and your brain.

      And for me, I’ve always appreciated storytelling in any aspect, and I have always written for myself for joy since I was little. I just kind of did it for pleasure. And the same with acting—it has always given me pleasure, but acting is different in the fact in the way that you are waiting for someone to give you permission to act. You kind of have to rely on other people to support you.

      Writing is something that I just sit down anywhere with my laptop and create and have something to show for it.

      CW. That control is definitely a great thing. I think so many times, even in other professions, we give up so much of our power, and we wait on opportunities that in many ways and now especially with technology and the way that the world is that we can create for ourselves. People have gotten to know you over the years because of these amazing characters that you brought to life and dramas and comedies you’ve been a part of. Do you think that also helped set the stage for where you are now with books, where you are able to bring us a little bit of laughter and a little bit of drama but also, you know, those really deep personalities you have gotten to play and gotten to know yourself?

      RL. Right! I think that it all feeds into each other. If you are a person and paying attention and living and breathing in the world, you hold onto these things. You hold onto these experiences and you hold on to all of the parts that make you who you are. At least as an artist I kind of store them up so I can use them in future projects, and whether or not it’s something that I’ve borrowed from the behavior of one character or a voice or something, it’s like having a treasure of materials that you can dip into. And so I think all of these little things that you do, everything you experience and the way you experience the world kind of really helps you as an artist, as long as you make yourself open to experiencing new things and you kind of walk around as if you don’t have any skin and allow situations in different environments to affect you.

      CW. Your main character in your book, The Idea of You, is having to definitely find her way as many of us do. There is so much we can learn from her experiences that play into what others can realize about powering their lives with the positive. Part of Celine, the main character of your book, is her ability to change and adapt when things weren’t going well. What do you want readers to think about when they read Celine’s words about realizing that you can

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