My Wealthy Ways show this weekend is a special
tribute show that celebrates the life of George Foreman, who recently
passed.
George Foreman was the former heavyweight champion
of the world. He was a hard hitting young boxer who won a gold medal in the
Olympics. He immediately turned pro and quickly rose to become the heavyweight
champion.
Foreman lost his heavyweight
championship to Muhammad Ali; but got a qualifying bout with Jimmy Young to be
able to fight Ali a second time.
In the dressing room after the fight with Jimmy
Young, George Foreman had a conversion experience. He said he "died and came
back to life."
When Foreman came back to life, he said he had met
Jesus! He was a changed man! He had not been a religious man before that night.
But after that night, he quit boxing and became a preacher.
As part of his ministry, he opened a youth center,
but had financial challenges. He decided to make money doing what he had done to
make money in the past – he went back into the ring. Eventually, Foreman won the
heavyweight championship again, at the age of 45!
He promoted a product called The George Foreman
Grill, that sold over 100 million units. He was one of America’s most popular
and personable pitch men for products on television!
His life story was featured in a movie named "Big
George Foreman."
During my interview with him, George
Foreman shared 10 life-altering ideas:
- If you want to become the best version of
yourself, you can reinvent yourself.
- You must have hope for something better in the
future, because it can push you to greater heights.
- Faith is critical to have real, long lasting
joy.
- Have faith in God. That was his key to not
giving up in his quest to win the heavyweight championship at age
45.
- With faith and hope, the sky's the
limit.
- It is important to marry well. Look to marry
someone who will be your partner as well as your friend.
- If you want to be successful in any venture in
life, learn how to sell. If you learn to sell, you will never
starve!
- Communication skills are critical in building
your success and expanding your success to new opportunities.
- If you love something, you will want to talk
about it. And the better you can communicate, the more influence you will have
on others.
- Decide to be positive; stay away from the
negative and you will win
more!