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Puder was blessed enough to have several
mentors in his life and passionately en-
courages people to find at least one mentor.
“I took the negative situation in my life
and made it a positive one with great
support from family and coaches,” he
said.” Everyone needs a mentor. You
don’t know what you don’t know. I never
want to be the smartest guy in the room.
I always want to learn from others. I rec-
ommend surrounding yourself in life or
sports with the right team - they teach
you and have your back.”
Having said that, Puder also feels that it
is a person’s perception or lack of self-
belief that holds them back from achieving
greatness in life. “I see many people get
beat because they stop believing in them-
selves,” he said.
“We all need to change our perception
on what failure is. Edison failed many
times when creating the light bulb, but
he didn’t see any of his setbacks as fail-
ures; he saw as ways that didn’t work but
moved him closer to his discovery.”
“Life is a test. It’s a game. Everything that cance, My Life My Brand was developed.
is thrown at you leads you to a bigger,
better game. Believe you can be the star
of your own game. Adopt a mindset of
believing in yourself so others have no
choice but to believe in you as well.”
Giving Back
Tarantino and Puder both certainly be-
lieve in themselves, but both also support
charities that help develop others belief
in themselves. Tarantino is a supporter of
the Friars Foundation which fosters the arts
for future generations by providing per-
forming arts scholarships for liberal arts
institutions that offer performing arts.
Puder formed his own charity in 2010,
My Life My Power, an anti-bullying and
youth development program. Their mis-
sion is “To add value within communities
by inspiring our future generations.”
The My Life My Power Program is posi-
tively impacting the lives of youth around
the world, by changing their mindset to
build up their self-esteem and give them
purpose and fulfillment. The program takes
a positive and proactive approach to chal-
lenges that students face. They go after the
root cause of a youth’s challenges rather
than focusing on the symptoms of those
causes. In turn, they are able to create a
lasting and long-term change in their lives.
“It’s amazing - it’s a lot easier to raise money vision is for every youth to have passion
to open up a jail than it is to provide life
lessons and guidance to the youth so they
won’t go to jail,” Puder said. “Something
is wrong with the system.”
Continuing to enrich and empower people,
Puder was recently selected to do deliver
his message for the prestigious TED Talks.
The theme was “Success vs. Significance.”
As part of Daniel’s TED Talk initiative
to help youth and adults achieve signifi-
It is a branch of his Non-Profit which
provides youth with a means of gaining
hands-on experience in the fields of design
and marketing while being supported by
professionals in these industries.
Do It Daily
Don’t wait for someone else to open doors
for you. If you want to get somewhere,
you are going to have to take charge and
forge your own path.
Believe in yourself, have faith in your
abilities, and stay the course. There will
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be times when the odds are against you,
but you must stay focused and continue to
visualize yourself achieving your dreams.
Stay strong, be a warrior and keep moving
forward. ?
Jerry Gladstone is the author of the international
best selling book, The Common Thread of Over-
coming Adversity and Living Your Dreams. Jerry
is a success and life coach as well as a corporate
speaker. TheCommonThreadGroup.com
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