The Champion's Code: You Can Change Your Destiny - Softcover

Gebel, Dante

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0829758224 ISBN 13: 9780829758221

Verlag: Vida, 2010

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These words borrowed from the well-known medical doctor Parch Adams, demonstrate the revolutionary spirit of this book, Dante Gebel is known throughout much of the Hispanic world as an excellent speaker who is able to immerse his audience in the most fascinating stories and guide them through emotional labyrinths ranging from laughter to tears.

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Tens of thousands are inspired through his television and radio shows, his lectures and messages in his international tours, always having a full house everywhere he goes, plus his books, that usually are bestsellers. He is presently pastoring River Church, a Spanish church that has seen an astonishing growth in a short time.

Gebel reaches a huge audience through his shows in more than 75 countries. The shows are aired by several television networks in Latin America, with his weekly show called Dante Gebel Live, broadcast live in different places of the globe, plus his messages, sent from the Anaheim Convention Center. The Dante Gebel Live program is aired every Saturday at 10:00 a.m. through Telemundo and seven times per week in Los Angeles through Enlace TBN, besides been broadcast to sixty different nations through thirteen satellites.

Dante Gebel is acknowledged as one of the Hispanic bestselling authors. He has written several books with Vida Zondervan: El código del campeón, Pasión de multitudes, Las arenas del alma, Monólogos de Dante Gebel, Monólogos II, La leyenda continúa, Destinado al éxito, and Los mejores mensajes de Dante Gebel, the most recent one, besides having performed in several films for the company.

Dante Gebel has held several mass shows in different Stadiums all around America. He has given these shows the name of “Súper Clásicos de la Juventud”. Dante is famous in the Hispanic world as one of the most extraordinary public speakers to address youth and family subjects, able to lead the public through most fascinating stories that can take you from laughter to tears.

Dante is presently residing in Orange, California with his wife Liliana. They have four children: Brian, Kevin, Jason, and Megan.

Visit his official website at: www.dantegebel.com 

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THE CHAMPION'S CODE

By Dante Gebel

Zondervan

Copyright © 2011 Dante Gebel
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-8297-5822-1

Contents

DEDICATION.........................................................5ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...................................................7INTRODUCTION.......................................................9CHAPTER 1: Heart of a Nobleman.....................................15CHAPTER 2: The Big Leagues.........................................27CHAPTER 3: The Champion's Fist.....................................39CHAPTER 4: The Quick Wipe-out......................................55CHAPTER 5: The Unique Squadron.....................................71CHAPTER 6: Determined, Committed, Enthusiastic.....................85CHAPTER 7: That Strange Race of Visionaries........................103CHAPTER 8: Men in Black............................................119CHAPTER 9: The Divine Showman......................................133CHAPTER 10: The Amazing Story of the Cohens........................155EPILOGUE: The Dissident............................................173ABOUT THE AUTHOR...................................................183

Chapter One

HEART OF A NOBLEMAN

"Boy, God will never use a person like you."

The man was furious, evincing no pity as he pointed at me with his bony finger. The words were harsh as a stone, cutting, categorical. His German accent was heavier than usual, perhaps because his anxiety was deeply rooted. The pastor was angry and his condemnation would handicap my life for a long time. A phrase like that makes a 15-year-old boy feel like failure defines him.

In essence, this is a book of secret codes — of those things that you had always wanted to ask but never dared. Perhaps you came to believe that you are the only one with this hidden syndrome.

Do you want to know what happens in the heart of a young person with this type of complex? Follow the example of myself, your servant, and observe me at the tender age of fifteen. What that German patriarch said had some truth to it — I was not behaving as a member of God's great team.

From the age of twelve I had a problem getting enough to eat, along with the inevitable growth spurt that happens during a boy's adolescence. I was taking a variety of vitamin pills, but nothing helped me gain even one miserable pound of weight. My skinny legs literally looked like those of an ostrich, my knees like knobs sticking out of my short pants. A rather prominent nose and protruding eyes were also among the physical characteristics that, together, made me a very introverted person whose inner world was in chaos. Do not discount what I am trying to say. Only those who have walked this path in their own lives can fully understand and look back with a wry smile.

Those horrifying gaffes that made you a "nerd" (know-itall) — unpopular and detested by your peers. The belly bulging over your belt, even though you tried to hide it by standing up straight and raising your chin. Those crooked yellow teeth (I know this is unpleasant but it helps to remember). The special shoes for flat feet. The enormous ears that you could not flatten or hide under your hair. Those frustrating tremors in the throat, the sudden loss of voice whenever you tried to speak in public. The sudden squeaks in the voice of a teenager and the pimples, oh, those terrorizing intruders that threatened to ruin your face and the rest of your reputation. Have you been there? If you recognize that bitter place of disorientation and damaged self-esteem, I am sure that your smile may be tinged with a certain aura of pain and nostalgia.

I still remember my nickname in high school. It really bothered me. Every time they called me by that name, I would get angry. My body was so thin, so fragile in appearance, that they dubbed me "Dead Man."

When it came time to choose teams for a sports competition, no one wanted the "Dead Man" in their ranks.

"He doesn't even know how to run," they would say.

"It's not that he doesn't know how, he just can't ... he's already dead, he's pale, his complexion is colorless."

When it came time for jokes, one fat boy whose own selfesteem was torn to shreds and myself, the "Dead Man," were the perfect targets for rotten jokes.

But the worst came during the summer – three long and feverish months of torture. I would try to find ingenious ways to avoid wearing short pants. These only accentuated even more my thin and rickety-looking legs. To someone with an adolescent complex, extremely hot weather matters little. Long sleeves provided a refuge for skeletal arms. Overdressing always seems like a shield from acid jokes and piercing looks.

If you add to that the pathetic words of a pastor who, filled with rage, points you out with his index finger and reminds you that you don't fit on God's team, then you no longer live, you only try to survive.

If at fifteen years of age your whole world is of the opinion that you are "dead," the future does not seem very encouraging.

Fortunately, history tells us that many "dead" people decided to change their destiny.

YOUR NOBLE SHIELD

—Someday, I would like to be one of the king's knights, —a little blond boy says as he watches a military parade.

—Ha, ha, ha! A knight? The son of a roofer wants to be a knight! — An elderly and quarrelsome neighbor mocks the dreams of the ambitious little boy. —It would be easier to change the stars than to make you a knight.

The child feels a sting from this dart of common sense. Logic says that he is not of noble birth. The neighbor has already said what everyone knows: he is the son of a roofer, just a man who repairs leaks.

Nevertheless, the young boy has a hope, tenuous though it is, but still he has hope. He is the boxer who has lost every round and yet is prepared to fight one more round. He is the runner who sprains his ankle fifty feet away from the finish line but continues to run.

—Will I be able to change the stars someday? —he asks his father.

—If you really want to, you can change your star —the wise roofer replies.

The movie titled "A Knight's Tale" tells the story of someone who was able to change his destiny. He defied logic and common sense. He should have been a roofer, but he preferred to become a knight. He participated in combat as if he were of noble lineage and won many victories so that by the time they learn that he does not have royal blood, he is already too popular and a recognized champion. Finally, a king hands him the title he has truly earned. The heart of a lion can change your future even when you are "dead."

You can change your destiny.

"You can make it difficult for me to become a doctor," Patch Adams told the commission composed of distinguished doctors. "You can fire me from the medical school faculty. You can rescind my diploma. But I will still be a doctor in my heart. You cannot break my will. You cannot stop a hurricane. I will always be there. You must decide whether you want to have a colleague ... or a thorn in your side."

The doctors listened to the aspiring doctor in stunned silence. This man had been able, in only a few months, using the unorthodox method of humor, tending to the patients' emotional well-being as well as physical ailments, to cure many people. Again we see the same common denominator: You are not worthy. You are only a roofer. But...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Vida
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0829758224
• ISBN 13: 9780829758221
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
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