At the age of 22, Jeanie Bryson, the daughter of the legendary and incredible Dizzie Gillespie got her first professional singing gig. While holding her one-year old son in one hand and a microphone in the other, Bryson mesmerized her audience for the first time.

To support herself while singing, Bryson worked full-time at the post office from 3:00am to 11:00am six days a week. With only a short nap in between, she would rise to prepare dinner and then from 9:00pm to 1:00am perform at local clubs. Two hours later she would return to work; all as a single woman.

She truly admires Etta Jones. Jeanie believes elements that make a good musician include having a generous spirit, working together and having the ability to put your ego aside. It’s important to bring something positive to the bandstand. Two important elements she’s learned from her father are camaraderie and learning to have fun on stage.

From football records to setting records as a real estate agent, Emery Moorehead has carried his passion for excellence on the football field into his post-game life. He is using his winning attitude to achieve success today as a realtor.

It may have been 20 years ago that Emery Moorehead last set foot on the field as a Chicago Bears player to hear the cheering and screaming of football fans, but his winning style and passion for success has carried him throughout his post-football career.  Preparation, Emery says is the biggest key element to success. “You get opportunities in life and you have to be prepared for them. You can never over-prepare.”

Mona Purdy - Saving the Soles of Thousands

“It’s not what my kids have, it’s teaching them what they can give,” Mona says.  “We’ve all become better people.  When you want to nourish your own soul, reach out and do something for someone else.”

It was a defining moment.  It was a trip that left a lasting impression on Mona Purdy.  She never imagined while traveling through Guatemala to help a cycling team that she would witness such heart-wrenching living conditions of the families in that region of the world.  During her travel, she met an American orthopedic surgeon who regularly visited to the region to perform amputations of infected limbs of children.

“The kids had feet I’ve never seen before.  They painted hot tar on the bottom of their feet to run.  I was trying to run without crying because I kept thinking of my kid’s feet and all the things my kids have in abundance.  “I have always taught my children to be aware of people and their situations.  On the way home I kept thinking of the song by Diana Ross - Reach out and touch somebody’s hand, make this world a better place if you can.”  Change the world is what Mona Purdy intends to do, two soles at a time.   “Something changed in me.  When I arrived home, my kids also noticed the change in me.

John Basedow - 360 Degree Life Change

It is amazing how life can present opportunities you never thought were possible, when you change your mindset and begin to see yourself as a winner.

This is exactly how John Basedow became known as one of America’s biggest fitness gurus with his Fitness Made Simple, Unlock Your Potential video he made on a shoestring budget.  He changed his way of thinking and believed in his ability to succeed despite the challenges he faced.