Be The Hero

Consistency! Consistently strive to improve in 2017

Title: Imposter Syndrome Intro Music WELCOME MESSAGE: HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO, "BE THE HERO", THIS IS EPISODE TWENTY ONE. I'M YOUR HOST, TONY HOOKER AND THIS IS A PODCAST DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU BECOME A PERSON OF ACTION SO YOU CAN FIND YOUR PASSION AND BECOME THE HERO OF YOUR OWN STORY. LET'S GET STARTED… Hero of the Week: Steve Harvey On January 13, 2016, at the close of a taping of Family Feud, Steve Harvey spontaneously began to speak. Not knowing that the cameras were still rolling, the $100 million-dollar host offered his studio audience insights into his own happiness and success. His staff, also moved by Steve's passionate words, shared the riveting six-minute video on social media. The clip immediately went viral, with more than 58 million views worldwide! His message is simple: You need to JUMP like your life depends on it—because it does—if you truly want a life of peace and abundance. Below is a transcript of that video: I am going to share something with you. I am going to tell you somethi

B.O.L.O. for Success Be On The Lookout for Success

Title: Life Balance vs Center of Gravity Intro Music WELCOME MESSAGE: HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO, "BE THE HERO", THIS IS EPISODE TWENTY. I'M YOUR HOST, TONY HOOKER AND THIS IS A PODCAST DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU BECOME A PERSON OF ACTION SO YOU CAN FIND YOUR PASSION AND BECOME THE HERO OF YOUR OWN STORY. LET'S GET STARTED… Main Message: This week we are going to forgo the Hero of the Week. Instead we are going to focus on getting 2017 started off right. I'm talking about getting started making the right decisions, the right moves, and the right changes that will lead us down a path to making 2017 our best year yet. Now I want to be careful here because when we talk about having the best year we've ever had, many people will focus on certain areas in their life like work or fitness. On the job they might focus on a promotion, a raise or recognition and when it comes to fitness they may pour their effort into working out, loosing weight, or running long distances. Now don't get me wrong these things are great

Friday's Fast Five - Saying Goodbye to 2016

Title: Getting Ready for 2017 Intro Music WELCOME MESSAGE: HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO, "BE THE HERO", THIS IS EPISODE NINETEEN. I'M YOUR HOST, TONY HOOKER AND THIS IS A PODCAST DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU BECOME A PERSON OF ACTION SO YOU CAN FIND YOUR PASSION AND BECOME THE HERO OF YOUR OWN STORY. LET'S GET STARTED… Hero of the Week: Lewis Howes is a former Arena League football player who left college early to pursue professional football however, a few games into his first Arena League season he was injured and underwent a corrective surgery that ended his football career. After his injury Lewis changed direction and now hosts The School of Greatness Podcast. He is also an author and entrepreneur and serves on the advisory board of the non-profit Pencils of Promise organization. Howes has built several multimillion-dollar online businesses and written multiple books with his most significant to date being his first hard cover book which came out in October 2015, titled The School of Greatness: A Real-World

Treat Others The Way You Want to be Treated

Episode 018 - Making Changes No Show Notes this week

Raise Your Gaze in 2017!

Title: Do the Work! Intro Music WELCOME MESSAGE: HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO, "BE THE HERO", this is episode SEVENTEEN. I'M YOUR HOST, TONY HOOKER AND THIS IS A PODCAST DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU BECOME A PERSON OF ACTION SO YOU CAN FIND YOUR PASSION AND BECOME THE HERO OF YOUR OWN STORY. LET'S GET STARTED… Hero of the Week: Chris & Terri Hooker – 42 years ago this week, Chris and Terri Hooker said yes to adopting three small children who had been left on the doorstep to an orphanage. Child services had given the three until Christmas to be adopted together; otherwise they would be split up and sent to separate homes by the New Year. Just two weeks before Christmas Chris and Terri said yes and they were able to stay together. Main Message: I am constantly bombarded by people who want to change something in their lives or they have a dream that they want to see come true. And in talking to them about their wants, their dreams or their desires, they make statements like, "Man I wish I could do this or that.

The Long Wait                    The day finally came that we were to become parents. It had been a long four year wait. But the day came at last. Our social worker called and said she would like to come over and talk with us. She said she had some good news.                   As we waited for her to get to the house, my wife and I talked and wondered if we were getting a baby or older child. We decided that we would only adopt a child up to four years old or two children under four.                   The doorbell rang and I answered, asking Miss Garwood, our social worker, to come in. She had her arms full of paperwork. With an ear-to-ear smile on her face, she sat back in a rocking chair. As she relaxed she said, "You won't believe this, but we have

Title: Do Heroes Experience Grief? Intro Music WELCOME MESSAGE: HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO, "BE THE HERO", Episode SIXTEEN. I'M YOUR HOST, TONY HOOKER AND THIS IS A PODCAST DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU BECOME A PERSON OF ACTION SO YOU CAN FIND YOUR PASSION AND BECOME THE HERO OF YOUR OWN STORY. LET'S GET STARTED…   Hero of The Week:            Our hero of the week is Officer Gaetano Acerra. A Sumter, South Carolina, teen is finally getting a good night's sleep thanks to the actions of a local police officer. A few weeks ago, Officer Gaetano Acerra received a call from a distraught 13-year-old. Cameron Simmons phoned the police department after getting into an argument with his mother and told Acerra he no longer wanted to live with his family. After the call, the officer visited Simmons at home to check in and found the teen was living in a bare room with no real bed. Instead, Simmons slept on an air mattress, which he said often deflated during the n

A Lot of exciting things happening in the be the hero studio this week: We are in two new podcast directories. This week we were approved by Stitcher Radio and Google Play! Changes to the be the hero website: A few weeks ago we added sign up form for upcoming bi-weekly newsletter in 2017 and this week we added, "Submit A Hero", where you can submit someone who is making a difference in the world around them!

EPISODE #: 015 MAIN TOPIC:Resolution Revolution INTRO MUSIC WELCOME MESSAGE: HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO, "BE THE HERO", Episode FIFTEEN. I'M YOUR HOST, TONY HOOKER AND THIS IS A PODCAST DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU BECOME A PERSON OF ACTION SO YOU CAN FIND YOUR PASSION AND BECOME THE HERO OF YOUR OWN STORY. LET'S GET STARTED… Hero of The Week: Our hero of the week is John Lee Dumas. He is the creator and producer the EOFire podcast and website. He may be an Entrepreneur now, but he hasn't always been one.  John graduated from Providence College, and was commissioned as an Officer in the US Army. After a 13-month tour of duty in Iraq as an Armor Platoon Leader and a total of 8 years in the Army, he set out to do what he was 'supposed to do'…find a J.O.B. He had to find a job. First he tried Law School, and after one semester dropped out. Next, he took a job at John Hancock in Boston, which lasted just 18 months. John's next job was for a tech start-up in New York City. He loved the big apple

Every day should be a day of Thanksgiving!

EPISODE #:            014 MAIN TOPIC:            Something Has to Change INTRO MUSIC WELCOME MESSAGE: HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO, "BE THE HERO", Episode FOURTEEN. I'M YOUR HOST, TONY HOOKER AND THIS IS A PODCAST DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU BECOME A PERSON OF ACTION SO YOU CAN FIND YOUR PASSION AND BECOME THE HERO OF YOUR OWN STORY. LET'S GET STARTED… Hero of The Week:            Our hero of the week is Pat Flynn. Pat runs smartpassiveincome.com and hosts The Smart Passive Income Podcast. He is a dedicated a family man in his early thirties and he learned about passive income because he had no choice. He had to. His website and podcast were not what he set out to do in life. Smart passive income, was his Plan B as far as careers go. Pat actually graduated from college with an architecture degree and went to work for an architectural firm as a Job C

Friday's Fast Five - Open a New Door.

EPISODE #: 013 MAIN TOPIC: Know When to Say No INTRO MUSIC WELCOME MESSAGE: HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO, "BE THE HERO", Episode THIRTEEN. I'M YOUR HOST, TONY HOOKER AND THIS IS A PODCAST DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU BECOME A PERSON OF ACTION SO YOU CAN FIND YOUR PASSION AND BECOME THE HERO OF YOUR OWN STORY. LET'S GET STARTED… Hero of The Week: Our hero of the week is Cliff Ravenscraft. In December of 2005, he started a hobby that would eventually change his life. Cliff and his wife began podcasting about our favorite television show, Lost. Cliff had a love for technology and before long he created multiple podcasts with topics ranging from Entertainment and Technology, to Faith and Family. An amazing result of his podcasting efforts was the rise of a COMMUNITY of people who shared the same passions, hopes, and fears. In January 2008, Cliff left a career in insurance, after 11 years, to pursue podcasting full-time. On his website Cliff states, "It was the first time in my life that I felt like I honestly knew w

Be The Change You Want to See!

EPISODE #: 012 MAIN TOPIC: Keep Your Dreams Alive! INTRO MUSIC WELCOME MESSAGE: HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO, "BE THE HERO", Episode TWELVE. I'M YOUR HOST, TONY HOOKER AND THIS IS A PODCAST DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU BECOME A PERSON OF ACTION SO YOU CAN FIND YOUR PASSION AND BECOME THE HERO OF YOUR OWN STORY. LET'S GET STARTED… MAIN MESSAGE: When we're young, we all have dreams. Grand ideas… Things we want to accomplish… Those things we would do if we only had the time, the money. And when we're young those dreams honestly seem possible. We think to ourselves, if I work hard eventually I can make my dream come true. But as we get older, things change. The stress of life and the obligations of work, and bills take over our day-to-day lives and consume our thoughts. We get so busy with life that we let go of our dreams. We let them die slowly over time. The problem many of us has is that we see our dreams as a grand achievement that can only happen if we have experience some type of watershed moment that suddenl