Happy New Years!

“Rudy” is the first movie I’ve watched this brand new year. Unfortunately I don’t own it on DVD….. yet. 😛

Although I’m not into sports, I do enjoy watching based-on-true-life-story movies like Remember The Titans, Iron Will or The Blind Side. Rudy is based on the story of Daniel E. ‘Rudy’ Ruettiger, determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame football team despite being told that he was “too small” to play college football. (I totally relate being small by the way.) 😉

DMP – Definite Major Propose
Rudy’s DMP was to play for the Notre Dame Football Team.

MMA – Master Mind Alliance
There were several people that rooted for Rudy and his dream. And when Rudy needed it, they pushed him to keep chasing his dream.

PMA – Positive Mental Attitude
All through the movie there is evidence of Rudy’s positive mental attitude. His brothers laughed at him when he announced that he would play for Notre Dame one day. His Dad tells him to give up his dreams because it hurts those around him. His fiancee wouldn’t wait for him to finish university. With all of these negative and emotional influences, Rudy persevered.

There were a couple of scenes that he introduced himself to key people that he is going to be working with that will be a part of his DMP even before it happened. Like introducing himself to the coach for the first time. Rudy wasn’t even in that university to be considered to be on the team, and replies as though he is already on the team and tells the coach that he looks forward to working with him.

POA – Plan of Action
In in order for Rudy to play for the Notre Dame he had to attend the University of Notre Dame. Due to his marginal grades he had to do his early college work at the nearby Holy Cross College. He put in a lot of work despite being told there was only a slim chance he would be able to attend NDU.

When you hold your dream close, live it everyday, and surround yourself with positive dream believers, concentrate your efforts to achieving your dreams, they can come true. It’s easy to become distracted by other things that life throws at us or to just give it up because we allow the naysayers to suck our passion out of our dreams. Its a choice that is presented to us several times EVERY day. What we chose is what determines how much closer we are at the end of the day and where we start from the next day. Inch by inch, choice by choice, decision by decision we can live our DMPs.