Jessica Cox - Not Just Motivational

Jessica Cox can tap dance. She can brush her own hair. She wears her contact lens all by herself. She can ride a car.

“Hey, this is common. Even I can do all of that”

Jessica Cox is a certified pilot.

“Ok, I am not a pilot. But I know many who are.”

Yes, all these are common things, but what makes Jessica a super woman? She does all of this without arms.

Yes, Jessica Cox, was born with no arms. Her mom raised her as a normal child and never let Jessica feel that her disability would trouble her. Soon Jessica learned to use her legs to play with toys, to write, to brush etc. In one of her videos, she tells that she was a bit nervous when she had to dance on the stage for the first time. But once she finished her dance and left the stage, she was already longing for her next chance to get on the stage.

Today, Jessica Cox through her hard work has owned two Black Belts in Karate and can drive her car all by herself just by using her legs. Not just that, she can play piano and does all her day to day activity by herself. She leads her life as a motivational speaker. Jessica explains to the world when you combine fearlessness, creativity and persistence, nothing is impossible.

Jessica took up the test for acquiring her driving license. She cleared the test with flying colours and she got her license. But a couple of week later, her driving license was suspended stating that it would be dangerous for someone without arms to drive the car. So she had to take couple of additional tests to get her license back. Today, Jessica Cox drives her car in roads without any additional extensions fitted to the car.

Not just that,

Jessica Cox was always feared of heights and she wanted overcome that. When she was provided with the opportunity to fly a flight she eagerly accepted it. She was ready to fight her fears. After three years of hard work and consistency, she is now a licensed pilot and currently the only armless pilot in the world.

Jessica Cox has just proved one thing to all of us. Everyone has problems. You just have to figure a way out of it. Jessica might had difficulties in driving her car, piloting a flight etc. But she figured a way to do them all.

Now, when someone without arms can do this much, can’t we achieve something in this world? She has already become my role model.

Motivational Personality - Chris Gardner

Chris Gardner(yes, the one you know from Pursuit of happiness) was born on 1954 in Wisconsin. Gardner’s childhood was not as good as ours. His stepfather was physically abusive and was rage. Intolerable with her husband Gardner’s mother tried to kill her husband by burning the house with her husband inside, for which she was imprisoned. She was the only source of inspiration or motivation to her son, Chris. She believed in Chris and asked him to believe in himself, which induced Gardner’s self reliance.

Gardner quotes his mother’s words

“You can only depend on yourself. The Cavalry ain’t coming.”

Gardner always learned from his experience and he understood he should avoid alcoholism, domestic abuse, child abuse, illiteracy, fear, and powerlessness in his life in future.

His dream job was to become a Stock Broker and achieving it was not very easy. He had to run behind lots of manager, his cars constantly amassed parking tickets, he was homeless and still willing took custody of his son. His road to success was not smooth; he had to stumble upon lot of issues and had to solve them on daily basis. But he never gave up. He stood up against all the problems and now he is a millionaire. What is that he had that led him to success? It is Self motivation. He constantly told himself that “he can” and finally he did it.

This is just a heads up about the motivational personality, Chris Gardner. Please visit the Wikipedia page about Chris Gardner to know more about him. Also don’t forget to watch the movie, Pursuit of Happyness.