What's the Deal With...

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

                I don’t have ANY idea how to control my dreams while sleeping, but it's interesting to me how they've recently changed and’ve left me wondering again, what's the deal with dreams? I know I’ve talked about dream issues before here, but this post’s a little different. I recently started taking more pain medicine but’ve also begun taking a new sleeping medicine which, after I’d started taking it, I found out doubles as an antidepressant. I’ve had A TON of trouble sleeping over the past 20 years but am finally sleeping better and am really relaxed. My dreams are pretty much NEVER good things happening and are reminders of the struggles I go through.

        That might be because I believe I’ve been told by doctors that the areas, yes plural, of my brain which’ve been damaged are some of the areas that somehow control sleep as well as the ones which make it so I would normally be angry and depressed, but, even before taking the new sleeping pill, I’ve pretty much overcome my depression for the most part. I also know because of what’s happened to me, I “should be” angry, in part because A LOT of my abilities I used to love before my brain issues are no longer present. For over 20 years, whenever I’ve dreamed I was in a physical fight with someone, I’ve never really been able to move in the dreams and would therefore be beat up. Over the last week, I’ve only had two dreams I currently remember and in each one I was in a fight. The first I fought multiple people and in the second I only fought one. In these dreams, not only could I finally fight back, but I defended myself even better than I did in my multiple fights before my wreck and I actually beat the people I was fighting and defending myself against very, very bad. I know, it' was just a dream, ha! I REALLY don’t like fighting and was raised to NEVER start a fight, and I NEVER have. 

               But growing up I was in multiple fights, either defending myself or others and I ALWAYS won. In those real fights, I was only punched once and it was while I was fighting multiple guys who started the fight. I was dealing with one of the guys, but another came up from behind and punched me in the back. I then stopped fighting the guy I was, turned around, and handled the guy who punched me in the back. Even in my dreams, whether I’m winning the fight untouched or am unable to move, I REALLY don’t like to fight and only do it if it’s ABSOLUTELY necessary. Please, if YOU can avoid them, avoid fights with others and ALWAYS do your best to be happy and not fight? Also, please NEVER start a fight, of words or touch! YOU’ll be MUCH happier! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

What Keeps YOU Going?

                                                            FAILING TO F!IL!
                                                                                                                           Joseph Brann

                What keeps YOU going? What is it that’s driving you to wake up each day and continue working to move forward? For several years I was kind of in a brain damaged state of confusion wherein I was going through the motions in life, but didn’t really know why I was still doing so. In my mind, it kind of seemed life would NEVER work out like I want it to and there was was really nothing worth waking up for. But yet, against my will, I kept waking up. I’ve dealt with excessive boredom and, because of my messed up vision, it seemed there was sort of a fog over EVERYTHING I saw through my eyes. The nightmare didn’t end until I DECIDED it was time for it to be over. 

      There are still times occasionally I feel I reenter said nightmare and even similar situations with my vision. But now I believe I’ve found my purpose and everyday I work to get closer to accomplishing such. I do so by continuing to see the positive, being happy/ALWAYS coming back to happy, and pushing forward EVERYDAY! I feel it’s only a matter of time until I accomplish what I desire, but what about YOU? What keeps you going and how will you stay focused on accomplishing your purpose and desires? Whatever your purpose is, it’s only your purpose IF it’s a good and positive thing and I KNOW YOU can accomplish it. I hope my blog posts help you do so, will you allow them to? Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

For Me It's Harder To...

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

                For me it's harder to know someone else is suffering than it is for me to deal with my suffering. Not trying to "cry on your shoulder," ha, but I’ve been suffering 24/7 365, and 366 on leap years, days a year for over 20 years and others have told me they couldn’t deal with what I deal with for even an hour or a day, I’m not exactly sure if they said hour or day but I believe it was hour. They said more positive things about this and I appreciate VERY much the kind words of these awesome people. But, if you’ve been following my blog and as always, I’ll once again NEVER say my life’s tougher than anyone else’s, I believe life’s tough for everyone. But, I’m partially blind nonstop, have a numb like feeling down the entire right side of my body nonstop, and am in what I consider horrific pain all over my body but especially in the most sensitive of places almost always. I also deal with over 100 challenges I talk about in my memoir which you can get off Amazon here, bit.ly/tcsom, almost nonstop. But when I hear anyone’s dealing with terrible and/or hard things in their lives, everything I face doesn’t matter to me, unless I can use my experiences to help them know they can make it through their challenges and even be happy. My challenges take a backseat as I try to help them, whoever they may be.

                But it hurts me more mentally to know others are suffering and dealing with life being a “bully.” I’ve NEVER been a fan of bullying AT ALL and I think it’s terrible to be such, but this doesn’t stop “life” from bullying, metaphorically speaking. I know my life’s tough for me and I’ve several years ago I've often hoped and even prayed I would die, but even when feeling at my lowest points, if someone else needed “The JOEtivator” I’ve always been willing to push my issues aside because I believe that’s how life should be. We should all try to help one another as best we can, even when, or ESPECIALLY when, we’re dealing with more than we feel we can handle. If others see YOU pushing yourself to help them while facing your own challenges, no matter how massive or tiny they may be to you, I believe they’ll undoubtedly push themselves to overcome their obsta…I mean opportunities, ha, and the feeling YOU receive from helping them will be incredibly worth it. So, whether it’s harder for you to see others suffering or not, keep working to help them. For that is how YOU’ll help yourself probably more than you’d ever think you would. Regardless, PLEASE remember I love and care about YOU always!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Talk to Me Thursday! If I post the Same Blog Title More Than Once...

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

                For this Thursday post, I’ll be talking about if I post the same blog title more than once. If I do so, it probably WON’T be on purpose but because of my poor memory. I don’t believe I’ve ever posted the same title more than thus far. However, I know at least once I began to post the same title before I luckily saw I’d already posted it title. But with over 200 posts thus far, it’s a real possibility I may have reposted the same title. However, if I’ve already posted the same title more than once or ever in the future do, I can almost guarantee my blog was NOT and will NOT be the exact same as the first time I posted the same title. I’m pretty sure I don’t have a good enough memory to post the exact same post again. But, as NOTHING’S impossible, there’s still the slim possibility of me reposting the exact same thing, but I’m pretty sure that’ll never happen. Whether any blog titles and blogs POSSIBLY are the same, I feel positivity each and everyone of my posts can and will help YOU, if you allow it to do so. Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

A Happy Life Requires Hope!

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

                I know a happy life requires hope! Have YOU ever felt hopeless? I know I have. When I felt hopeless, I was DEFINITELY not happy. At those times, I’d not yet decided to love what I consider the nightmare I live. Not much has changed for the positive pertaining to my financial situation, the nearly unbelievable loneliness I feel, and the medical issues and disabilities I face. My medical situation and loneliness I feel actually have changed somewhat I guess, but unfortunately that change has been that as I age, they both get more difficult and worse. The loneliness also grows pretty much every second. As usual, I’m NOT comparing my difficulties in life to ANYONE else’s and I believe life’s difficult for EVERYONE! I’ve been pursuing the career and financial success I desire for quite some time. But my hopelessness has gone away and turned into hopefulness! This is a HUGE reason for why I love my life and am happy!

             Along with deciding to be happy, I’ve also decided to be hopeful. I don’t believe happiness will really be attained without hopefulness. A LOT of things I’ve gotten my hopes up about have ended up not coming together and have REALLY hurt me emotionally and mentally. But I’ve decided to use those disappointments to drive myself to work even harder to accomplish what I desire. YOU’ve ALWAYS got a choice as to how YOU respond to disappointments and hopelessness. I hope YOU’ll do as I’ve done and decide to be hopeful, positive, and driven to accomplish whatever good things you desire no matter how many things have ended in you being disappointed, will YOU? As always I KNOW YOU can, but I know, once again, a happy life requires hope! So, in conclusion, even in the most negative of times, be hopeful, remain hopeful, and try to ALWAYS be happy, even when YOU’re not. I KNOW YOU can, and again, will YOU?!?!?! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

IF The Impossible Existed...

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

              I’ve concluded NOTHING’S impossible and IF the impossible existed, there’d be NO WAY I would be alive or have survived being disconnected from life-support for over severn hours and being reported braindead on the news. If the impossible existed, I wouldn’t be able to read as one brain doctor said the area of my brain which controls reading has been damaged and I “shouldn’t be able” to read, so this blog “should be” impossible for me to write! If the impossible existed, there’d be NO WAY I could’ve written my memoir and this link bit.ly/tcsom WOULD NOT take YOU anywhere, go ahead, click it and see what happens? If the impossible existed, this link bit.ly/authorjoebrann WOULD NOT exist and wouldn’t take you to my first published novel off Amazon. Go ahead, click it and see what happens? 

              I know I recently posted my YouTube links but, IF the impossible existed, none of these links would exist or take you anywhere, go ahead, click them and see what happens…First,“1999 KENS Boerne Miracle pt1"https://youtu.be/2vQ54PxLdds and second,“1999 KENS Boerne Miracle pt2" https://youtu.be/PUnUUP4gv30 

Joe Brann's Memoir: https://youtu.be/XQx_yEPU7lo

Joe Brann-Successful Failure: https://youtu.be/J8OieuWdZ_g

Joe Brann’s blog: https://youtu.be/hiFrp-AB8Ao

Joe Brann motivational speaker: https://youtu.be/z0hxMWb1aPg 

      I hope these links help YOU see the impossible REALLY DOES NOT exist! I hope YOU will click all of the links, watch the videos, and verify they are real. I hope YOU will get at least one of my published books off Amazon. If you’re not able or don’t want to get my books it’s NO PROBLEM at all but PLEASE once again click the links and see what happens? If you’re only able to get one of my books, I suggest getting my memoir, it’s raw but both books really show what a “braindead author” can do and my life IS impossible, IF the impossible existed! You can get both as paperback or ebooks with the links I’ve provided. 

      If you have trouble ordering either, or if you want to contact me about speaking and sharing my risk management catch phrase, “Better Choices, Better Chances! as well as my showing “NOTHING’S impossible so NEVER GIVE UP!” please call me at, 

210-380-7965 and/or email me at publishjoe@gmail.com I hope, if you’ve believed in the impossible existed you now see NOTHING truly is impossible. And if you’ve already believed NOTHING’S impossible, I hope today’s blog continues to strengthen that belief? Thanks for your time and I look forward to assisting YOU however I can! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

If YOU Believe!

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

              Just know, you can accomplish ANYTHING and EVERYTHING you desire if YOU believe!!! Of course you'll have to work hard and NEVER give up, yet it will have to start with YOU believing! These are NOT just empty words I’m sharing, they’re words I ABSOLUTELY believe are true! But my words mean NOTHING if YOU choose not to believe them. It may take years and years to accomplish your desires. It's also possible you may die in the pursuit of such and before you accomplish said desires, NOTHING’s impossible so this is a possibility. But, in my opinion, if a natural or accidental death, or death due to any other reason than you giving up occurs, I believe we’ve succeeded!

               I believe this is true if we kept working and trying to accomplish what we want to! What do YOU think? Do you agree with me? If you disagree with ANYTHING I EVER say, it’s okay, but YOU’RE WRONG!!! Just joking! However, if you’ll believe these words of mine, everyday you WILL BE a success! Please believe me, please know these words are true, and PLEASE believe in YOU! You’re remarkable and I know YOU can accomplish anything and everything you desire!!! YOU’ve JUST BEEN JOEtivated!!! Ha! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

YOU Were Created for Great Things!

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

              Whatever life force you believe created you did a spectacular job and YOU were created for great things! Any positive and good thing you bring into this world, no matter how small, is a HUGE accomplishment and on behalf of the world, I thank you! I guess I don’t really have the authority to speak for the world, but yet I did it anyway, it was taking too long to say anything verbally, ha! But seriously, even if you don’t feel it’s true, you REALLY were created for great things! In most cases, it’s up to you to figure out what greatness you want to add to this world, but if you’ll add the greatness only YOU can, the world, and everything in creation, will be greatly blessed because of you.

               And apparently now I'm speaking on behalf of not only the world, but everything in creation. Just who do I think I am? Ha again! Even though the world and everything in creation has already been blessed because of you being created, you can bless both even more by being THE REAL YOU, the you you were created to be! But you must always remember your greatness is referring to positive and wonderful things, so PLEASE bless everything in creation by being the remarkable you YOU were created to be? Thanks SO much!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Who Decides YOUr Future?

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

              Who decides YOUr future? YOUr future is decided by YOU! Wherever you want to get in life, you can but you’ve GOT TO want to get there and have to believe in yourself! More than likely there’ll be a lot of people and events in life which suggest or outright tell you you’re not good enough and can’t get where you want and desire to, but I’m telling you YOU most definitely can get whatever you want out of life. Just remember you NEED to want to get good things in life, evil things are of NO real worth, but you can get all of the good YOU desire! Never forget how amazing you are and were created to be! Never stop believing in YOU! Never give up and you MOST DEFINITELY can get where you want to go and what YOU desire out of life! YOU’ve just been JOEtivated!!! Ha! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Joe Brann's Videos on YouTube!

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

              I’ve talked about the YouTube videos pertaining to my life I believe but in today’s blog, I’m going to be posting the links to the videos the news did on me and also the videos I’ve posted on YouTube.com so you can see them if you’d like. I didn't know how to before, but got it figured out. Sorry it’s a good big of back and forth clicking from one video to the next, but I think it’ll be worth it. I hope you enjoy them all. The links to the news videos done on me are first: 

“1999 KENS Boerne Miracle pt1" https://youtu.be/2vQ54PxLdds  

and second: “1999 KENS Boerne Miracle pt2" https://youtu.be/PUnUUP4gv30

In the original video I posted about my first published novel, you’ll see I was still living a nightmare I was terrified to live, but then years later I overcame that nightmare and the next three videos reflect that I do believe. My four YouTube Video links are next to their titles and are a follows:

Joe Brann-Successful Failure: https://youtu.be/J8OieuWdZ_g 

Joe Brann's Memoir: https://youtu.be/XQx_yEPU7lo

Joe Brann's blog: https://youtu.be/hiFrp-AB8Ao

Joe Brann Motivational Speaker: https://youtu.be/z0hxMWb1aPg 

Thanks SO MUCH for reading my blog and I hope you’ve been able to view all of these videos and they help YOU in your life. Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Talk to Me Thursday! "8 Letters"

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

              For this "Talk to Me Thursday!" post I want to talk about the song "8 Letters" by Why Don't We because I LOVE this song! Currently it's my favorite song out. Have YOU heard it? If not, you DEFINITELY should and can on YouTube.com with this link https://youtu.be/C3DlM19x4RQ I’m not sure how long it’s been out but I just heard it for the first time and got it a few days ago. It’s a love song and I’m “in love” with it so isn’t that nice how that worked out? Ha. I’m sure you’ll figure it out but the eight letters it’s talking about are the number of letters in “I love you.” When I first heard the song I, knowing nothing about it, wasn’t sure what the eight letters it was referring to were but with a little thought I was able to figure it out, look how smart I am, ha again! In the comments that are connected with this video, people talk about how much they like, or love, the eyes of the guys singing so you might want to see if you agree with the comments. 

                Me personally, being a guy not interested in the eyes of other men, wasn’t looking at the eyes of the guys but apparently the guys have awesome eyes or whatever so you might want to look and see, if you care. This is the first time I’ve ever blogged and shared the link to a video on YouTube. Wouldn’t it be rAdiculously AWESOME if the band Why Don’t We read my blog, decided to follow it, and REALLY helped me get the word out about my blog and all. I realize the chances of that happening are pretty much slim to none but it’d still be REALLY cool IF it happened, NOTHING’s impossible so it could happen, it probably won’t but oh well. Anyway, I listen to a lot of music and once again, I think this song is AWESOME, I hope YOU do too! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Still Trying...

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

              Today, like all the rest, I’m still trying to get where I want to go. I’m having A LOT of health issues, it might just be allergies, but I feel it’s been driving me crazy! I’ve been feeling this way, this annoying sick feeling for almost a week now, and I’ve been thinking it was just whatever’s been going around as I’ve heard a lot of people have been dealing with symptoms similar to what I’m dealing with. But I’m REALLY unsure what the problem is, whether it’s what’s been making so many people sick, or if it’s allergies. I’m trying to get set up with an allergist as soon as I can so hopefully I’ll be able to figure out what’s going on and can address it. Either way, I’m still trying and hoping my doing so will somehow help YOU to keep doing the same, I hope YOU’re doing fantastically and always will be!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

The Hardest Thing For YOU...

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

              What’s the hardest thing for YOU to deal with? Does knowing you have to face it scare you? If so, that does NOT mean you’re weak, it means you’re human. I hope you know the fact that you're human is awesome! But you’ve got to know that no matter how tough your life is for you to deal with, you can deal with it, you can love it, and you can be happy. It might sound crazy to think of loving challenging, negative, and hard things in your life, but isn’t deciding to love those things and be happy MUCH BETTER than hating them, being angry, and unhappy? The answer is YES, it’s far superior to love than to hate, even if that means loving what you’ve hated! 

               Or, better said, ESPECIALLY if that means loving what you’ve hated! Life is full of disappointment, setbacks, frustration, and a WHOLE LOT of negativity that can destroy you if you allow yourself to hate. But if you allow yourself to love, love EVERYTHING, that’s when this life becomes A WHOLE LOT better and happier! Will YOU hate the hardest and scariest thing or things you have to face, or will YOU love it or them and live a life full of happiness??? The choice is yours, but I believe YOU know what answer I’d choose! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

KEEP GOING?

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

              Today’s blog will be short but I’m asking YOU to KEEP GOING? Life is tough and might always be, but we don’t have to let it defeat us. We can be victorious and can find all that we need and want but we can’t give up! It’s DEFINITELY easier said than done but it can be done. So, if life and everything in it beats you down, if you’ve got NO MORE left to give, and feel all of your struggles are about to defeat you, KEEP GOING! I know you can, will YOU? Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Do YOU Even Matter?

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

               Do YOU even matter? I know what it’s like to wonder if I matter. I know what it’s like to want to give up, to doubt myself, and to conclude I’m worthless. But I also know what it's like to overcome these ridiculous doubts and to realize my great value and worth. I REALLY hope you know your value and worth, that’s one of the reasons I blog. Sometimes, it’s a real struggle for me to blog. My brain will “freeze up” in the middle of a sentence and/or I’ll completely forget what I’m trying to say. However, I still blog and push myself to write the words I hope will matter to you, because YOU matter to me! Life will tell you in a million different ways that you don’t matter and should just give up. 

               When life tells you this, if you listen to it and conclude it’s correct, you will be participating in a lie that couldn’t be further from the truth. YOU matter, YOU have SO MUCH to offer this world, and YOU can accomplish anything and everything you desire to. If a partially blind man with my brain situation can see this, then there's NO reason you shouldn't be able to see it as well! But if you don’t know you REALLY do matter, your life will NEVER be as spectacular as it should and can be. Always know your value and worth and that I really do want to help you because, once again, YOU matter to me!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

It's The Little Things!

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

            I believe it's the little things in life that can make the biggest difference! YOU probably rarely know how powerful your words or even the smallest of your actions may be to someone else. Yesterday I was at a store and saw a man who worked there and it was pretty obvious to me he was working hard. No one else was working with him and I just thought he might need some encouragement, the JOEtivator to the rescue!!! Ha! I told him something like, “I just want you to know I think you’re doing a great job.” It was just a little compliment and he thanked me for it. One reason I complimented him was because you don't always know when life might be beating someone up and/or how difficult life may be for another. Also, I know sometimes it’s easy to feel unappreciated. 

           He might’ve been having the greatest day of his life ever, or he might’ve been in a living hell and wanting to give up. Maybe my words meant nothing to him, but at the same time, if he was depressed, hating his life, feeling unappreciated, and wanting to give up, my words could’ve been the help he needed to keep going. You just rarely ever know what someone else is actually dealing with. So if my words helped him that’s AWESOME and if they didn’t, that’s fine too, but, either way, I feel positive encouragement is always better than remaining silent. Be kind to others, love EVERYONE, and treat others with love and respect because, in this life, when YOU wonder what might make the biggest difference and mean the most to someone else, it's the little things! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Positivity Even When Sick!

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

                 It might just be allergies but I feel horribly sick today. So, since I’m feeling terrible yet again but still want to give YOU some positivity, this blog will be another one of my JOEtivational quotes from my memoir “The Challenging Side of Miracles! My living nightmare from having been reported braindead!” It is available on amazon.com with this link, bit.ly/tcsom Today’s quote is quote number 16 and it reads, “Life isn't easy, I guess it isn't supposed to be, but even the most difficult and darkest times can make you stronger and better, if you allow them to! If you want your life to be a life you love, live a life you love!!!” I hope this quote, my memoir, life, and all of my blogs will help YOU choose to be happy, stay positive, and accomplish EVERYTHING YOU want to in your life! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Talk to Me Thursday! Midnight Muscles!

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

                 For today’s “Talk to Me Thursday!” post I’m wondering, have YOU ever gotten what I call “midnight muscles?” Midnight muscles are when it’s late at night and you’re beginning to get ready to go to sleep and start thinking, “Man, tomorrow when I get up I’m going to workout!” You start planning your workout and you get pumped because tomorrow you’re going to workout really hard and start getting closer to having the body you dream of. But then, the next day when you wake up, your “midnight muscles” disappear, you feel too tired, too weak, have too much to do, or you just decide you’re simply not going to workout. 

                Has that ever happened to YOU? It’s happened to me A LOT! So now, before I go to bed, if I begin to get my “midnight muscles” I remind myself that I’m only feeling that way because I’m tired and I’m pretty much just dreaming and I know when I wake up tomorrow, I’ll be in too much pain and will simply not workout. So, have YOU ever gotten “midnight muscles” and then wake up and they’re gone, along with your willpower to workout? Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

TAKE ANOTHER STEP!

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

                 Do YOU EVER feel exhausted and like you just CANNOT take another step? I know I’ve felt this way many, many times. But when YOU feel like you just can’t go ANY further and can’t even take another step, that’s when YOU have to TAKE ANOTHER STEP! The world and everything in it might beat you up, and down, and tell you there’s just NO WAY you can get where you’re trying to go or have what you want in life but I’m telling you you most certainly can get where you’re trying to and can get whatever you want to. I know this! So PLEASE believe me when I tell you that your worth is much greater than anyone will probably ever truly comprehend and YOU’ve got what it takes in life to get everything you desire! So, believe in yourself and know that even when you absolutely feel as though you can’t possibly take another step, all YOU need to do is TAKE ANOTHER STEP! I know YOU can!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

A Quick Thought With Limited Time!

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

                 Today’s a crazy busy day so I just want to leave you a quick thought with limited time. YOU can ALWAYS handle what life throws at you. YOU are good enough, smart enough, and talented enough to accomplish ANYTHING and EVERYTHING you’d like to accomplish. When life tells you YOU’re not good enough, as it often will, it’s up to YOU to ignore it and realize that when I tell YOU how incredible you are, I’m telling you the truth and life is lying! I hope YOU have a great day and NEVER forget how amazing YOU are!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

YOU Don't Build Yourself Up by Putting Others Down!

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

                YOU don't build yourself up by putting others down, that’s just a fact! I’ve heard SO MANY stories of bullying and there are so many people who put others down and insult them that it breaks my heart. I understand joking around with friends and stuff like that, but even doing such can be detrimental. I’ve been made fun of because of my brain damage, by people who weren’t just joking like I might joke with a friend about my mental issues, and it NEVER feels good to be made fun of. I can and do stick up for myself but there are people who’re defenseless and I REALLY don’t get why ANYONE would be rude to them, or anyone, and put them down. We’ve all been created by the same God, life-force, or science, whatever your belief system may be, and no one is created better than anyone else. Everyone has challenges and life’s hard enough without people making fun of and insulting each other, so why do it? 

       Though I’d NEVER wish my vision problems on anyone and know others have worse vision than mine, I do wish everyone would see one another as I see them. I’ve said it before but whenever I look at anyone, though I might not recognize their face even if I’ve seen it a million times before, I do recognize how incredible they’ve been created to be and their almost immeasurable potential, and this especially means YOU! I know it was a long time ago but when I was in school I could’ve been the biggest bully ever because of my being the quarterback and having the backing of my entire team, but I’ve always known I’m no better than ANYONE else, so I worked to be kind to EVERYONE. We’ve ALL been created with SO MUCH worth and value but I believe only a few people REALLY recognize this, and that’s too bad. So, no matter who YOU are and how fortunate, or unfortunate, you are, please remember, YOU don't build yourself up by putting others down, so PLEASE, don’t do it! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Some Simple Questions to YOU Today...

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

              I want to ask some simple questions to YOU today...will you PLEASE smile? Will you PLEASE be kind to everyone you meet and help them if you can? Will YOU PLEASE remember how incredible YOU truly are and that your potential is almost immeasurable? Will you PLEASE choose to be happy and love your life? Spread the awesomeness that is YOU and ALWAYS do your best to be your best because that person, THE REAL YOU, is so amazingly fantastic it’s nearly unbelievable to me!!! I know YOU can do all of these things today and everyday, please do them, will YOU? Thanks SO much for being YOU!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Motiv...Sorry...JOEtivate Yourself!!!

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

              Sometimes, or maybe even often, YOU’ll have to motiv...sorry...JOEtivate yourself!!! There are SO MANY depressing and negative things in life that can quite literally destroy your will to keep going. That’s when YOU’ve got to find what motivates YOU! If my blog, my memoir, my life, and anything I’m able to do helps YOU out, THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS, YOU’ve been JOEtivated! I believe SO MUCH in the amazingness that is YOU because, after I found the “braindead me” who I couldn’t stand, I pushed myself to dig deeper and I found the AMAZING me I ABSOLUTELY love and I know YOU have that same amazingness but YOU’ve got to find it and love it! I’m here to help YOU do just that! If a once reported braindead man can do the things I’ve been blessed by my creator to do, and can love a nightmare that nearly destroyed me multiple times, what can’t YOU do? PLEASE know I’m being honest when I speak of how remarkable YOU really are and PLEASE believe in yourself and allow me to be able to help you stay in what I consider THE GREATEST form of motivation? YOU'll allow me to do such by allowing me to help YOU continue to JOEtivate yourself, will YOU? Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

What Kind of a Day Will YOU Have Today?

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

              What kind of a day will YOU have today? If you think that depends upon anything other than what kind of a day YOU choose to have, I have to tell you I feel you’re incorrect. I know it’s MUCH easier said than done, but the kind of day YOU or I have today and everyday is really our choice. Sure there are outside influences and a lot of things outside of our control, but whether we are positive and happy or not is our choice. I don’t always choose to have spectacular days. When outside occurrences are rather hellish, sometimes I give in and allow those things to let myself have a bad attitude, get angry, and even have a really crummy day. However, I know I ALWAYS have the choice in how I respond to what’s going on in my life. I told you recently how the medication I was taking was why I was feeling depressed and had some suicidal thoughts, but I still COULD have made the choice to feel more positively. 

      I’m not saying it’s always easy to make the best choice and see things positively. Actually, A LOT of the time it’s not even close to easy to do so and sometimes even I allow myself to give in to negative influences or even to give in to how my brain is affected by sources outside of my control. But positivity is a choice. When I was dealing with the terrible side effects of the medication I was recently taking, I still made the decision to blog and try to be positive. I knew I wasn’t feeling extremely positively but also knew I had the choice in how I reacted, especially via my blog. Some of my posts recently might not’ve been as great as I always want them to be, but I still pushed myself to try to be positive and to try and help YOU. So, if YOU want to have a great day today, no matter what you face, choose to have a great day! It might not be as spectacular of a day as YOU desire, but it’ll definitely be MUCH better than if you give in and choose negativity! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Talk to Me Thursday! Medication!

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

              For today’s Thursday post I’ll be talking about medication! I’ve had to take all kinds of different medications and some have helped while others have not and’ve caused problems. A week ago Monday I started on a new medication for pain which’s stronger than what I’ve been taking. However, after I guess like five days or so of taking it, I started having complications. My vision was giving me problems, my speech was impaired and I was talking pretty low, and the biggest problem of all was that I started having suicidal thoughts, which I’ve not had in a rather long time. So I stopped taking that medication and’ve gone back to only taking the painkillers I was taking before but they don’t give me enough lasting relief. We tried getting in touch with my new doctor and hadn’t heard back from them so today I called them back because I’m almost out of my old painkillers.

      If I’ve not heard from their office by about 4:00p.m. today I’m supposed to call them back but I REALLY need my prescription to get refilled and even increased, at least until I’m able to get back to see my new doctor again. Medications have caused me ALL kinds of problems and they’ve also helped me but it’s kind of one of those things I have to try something and then make adjustments with my doctors according to how they see fit. I’m, truthfully, a good bit concerned, and maybe even worried, because I REALLY need my painkillers as the pain I’m in almost nonstop is pretty horrid in my opinion. So hopefully I’m able to get my new doctor to help me like I need but I guess time will tell. What about YOU? Do you have to take medication or medications and’ve you ever had complications or problems with any medications? I hope YOU haven’t had complications or problems with any medications and I wish YOU the best of luck with everything in your life, including any medications you may have to take. Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

It Was Just a Joke, My Bad!

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

              Before my car accident I was a good driver, for a 17 year old driver, but I took WAY too many risks! My car was fast, REALLY fast, and I used to joke with people that I wasn’t worried about getting in an accident in my Camaro Z28 SS because I knew if I got in a wreck in that car, especially how I drove it, I’d be dead, so I wasn’t worried about getting injured. I knew I wasn’t invincible but I NEVER would’ve imagined I’d get in an accident like the one I had so I’d joke about how I knew I’d die because that car’s not the safest. And, I was partially correct. I did die but didn't think I'd be asked to come back to something I couldn't even comprehend. So I'd joke about how I knew I'd die if I got in a wreck in my sports car, it was just a joke, my bad! I couldn’t even almost comprehend the wreck I’d get in and, looking back, I should’ve been MUCH more cautious. I wish I’d heard my story before it was my story, but, at the same time, I’d never wish my story on anyone else, so I’m glad it’s my story and not someone else’s. Yet, I feel certain others have harder lives to face. So today I’m asking YOU to PLEASE be cautious and don’t take unnecessary risks, especially ones that could be life ending. 

      Be careful what YOU joke about too because, if you make the wrong joke, it may end up WAY too serious. Though I’m alive, the guy so many prayed would survive my accident, the guy nicknamed “Bazooka Joe” who so many gave thanks when they thought he’d survived the wreck, well he never really made it back. That guy actually died from that wreck. I’ve had a VERY tough time with God over the 20 years since my accident. I’ve cussed at Him and told Him how He’d fooled SO MANY people by allowing them to believe He’d brought the Joe so many prayed would survive back to life when in reality, that Joe died and “braindead Joe,” who NO ONE knew or wanted, had survived! But I’ve finally come to peace with it all and am not mad at God. I love my life, even when it’s more difficult than I’d ever imagined. But I beg of YOU to PLEASE be cautious so YOU never end up dealing with the unimaginable YOU’d joked about and you’ll NEVER have to say, “It was just a joke, my bad!” Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

The JOEtivational Difference!

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

      Right now it’s almost 4:30a.m. and I’ve slept very little and've not been able to fall back asleep for several hours so I decided I’d write today’s blog. I’ve been planning this post for a good while now but I'll be explaining the JOEtivational difference! YOU may think the JOEtivational difference is merely my boyish good looks and devilish charm, ha, but there’s actually a lot more to it than that. And thanks for the compliment, YOU're too kind! Ha again! The JOEtivational difference is multiple things. Once many, many years ago someone in the speaking industry told me about other speakers who were my so-called "competition." Then, my JOEtivation wasn’t around yet but as I look back and think about it, part of the JOEtivational difference is, I’m not competing against ANY other speaker or anyone at all other than myself.

      Many speakers may be fantastic at what they do, which’s AWESOME, but they don’t do what I do and I don’t do what they do. JOEtivation is more than my standing in front of an audience and working to inspire them to be cautious and accomplish their full potential! JOEtivation is a combination of EVERYTHING I’ve been through, go through, and will go through. It’s a mindset and a way of life. It’s being honest and recognizing we’re human and aren’t ALWAYS happy and being okay with that, though still pursuing happiness. It’s how I go about everything in my life. It’s finding the positive in the most negative of circumstances. It’s ALWAYS ending on a positive note. It’s enduring until we can endure NO MORE, and then enduring a WHOLE LOT more!

      It’s smiling though wanting to frown. It’s crying happy, sad, and possibly tears of depression, but overcoming them. It’s working to help ANYONE and EVERYONE love their lives especially when life is hell. It’s enduring and overcoming the awfulness I’ve faced for over 20 years, even if overcoming it simply means I KEEP GOING, NEVER give up, and keep believing in myself. It’s finding happiness when there’s NO happiness to be found. JOEtivation is loving life especially when it’s much easier to hate it. It’s REALLY not liking to use the word hate. JOEtivation is inspiration to make better choices for better chances while working to accomplish our full potential! 

             JOEtivation's the determination I’ve been blessed with and it’s my message NOBODY else will share! If YOU or someone you know’s interested in having me JOEtivate an audience, bringing a risk-management message that can save lives and make life easier, inspiring people to shoot for the stars and go further than they may believe possible, and are interested in my sharing the miracle my life’s been blessed to be labeled, please call me at 210-380-7965? Or please email me at publishjoe@gmail.com and be ready for an amazing experience YOU’ll NEVER forget!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

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Challenge #10

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

    For today’s blog, I’m going to do something I’ve never done before via blog. I’ll be sharing one of the 113 challenges I talk about in my memoir, it is challenge #10. Once again my memoir can be bought off Amazon with this link, bit.ly/tcsom This challenge I share is something I’ve overcome and as you read it you’ll see I use the word hate, that’s because, over the seven or so years I was writing my memoir, before I decided to love my life and before I found I REALLY don’t like the word hate, I felt A LOT OF hate. I believe sharing this challenge will more so show YOU how I’ve grown over the years and how we truly can decide to love EVERYTHING we face. Now, I’ll share this challenge from my memoir, “The Challenging Side of Miracles! My living nightmare from having been reported braindead!”

      It reads, “10.I have a ton of internal anger…I am mad and hold most of it inside. I often want to use my anger and punch or break something just because my brain wants to be violent. I do hide this one pretty well, but I am usually angry on the inside about something that has happened or someone who has done something to cause me problems and so on. I hate being angry, but I am. I often want to yell and just do mean things because I am so angry about how my life has gone and everything I deal with. I seem like a happy and upbeat individual to most, but on the inside, I am at war with my reality. I do not hold grudges, but there are so many past experiences which drive and fuel this anger.”

        Does this challenge surprise YOU? I’ve overcome it and as I’ve said before, now I REALLY don’t like the word hate and even more so don’t like to use it. But over the time it took me to write my memoir, I grew A LOT and changed even more. I believe, if I can overcome this challenges, and the over 100 others, YOU can overcome ANY and EVERY challenge YOU face! So, obviously, the answer to my next questions are ones YOU’ll have to answer for yourself! Will YOU overcome your obstacles and see them as opportunities? Will YOU find the positive NO MATTER the negative? And will YOU decide to love your life and ALWAYS come back to happy? I hope your answer to each of these questions is an enormous YES!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Sometimes EVERYTHING is Difficult but...

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

      Sometimes EVERYTHING is difficult but YOU and I can make it better by simply working to be positive. It’s amazing to me how simply making up your mind that you’ll work to see things positively REALLY can change things so tremendously. Times often are and can be so difficult it’s almost inexplicable, but how YOU choose to view the things in your life actually will make A HUGE difference. If you’re looking for the negative, it’s easy to find, but if YOU’ll make the far superior decision to look for the positive in the situations in your life, it might be harder, but it’ll make life SO MUCH more worth living. I hope life is ALWAYS spectacular for YOU but if, or when, it isn’t, I hope YOU’ll choose to find the positive and’ll ALWAYS live a life YOU love!!! No matter how difficult things are or become, KEEP GOING, YOU are amazing and can be happy and accomplish ANYTHING!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Another Time to Smile!

FAILING TO FAIL!

Joseph Brann

      RIGHT NOW is another time to smile! Truth is, I’m not feeling or doing so great right now physically, but multiple times today I’ve pushed myself to smile even though I don’t feel like smiling and what do YOU know each time it's made me feel better! No one else was around when I pushed myself to smile multiple times for no apparent reason and had anyone seen me smile they might’ve wondered if I’d lost my mind or something, but that doesn’t matter to me. So anyway, whether YOU’re feeling amazing or horrible, I suggest you smile anyway! Come on, YOU can do it, just smile and see if it helps you feel any better, I bet it will…have YOU smiled yet??? If not, PLEASE do so now?!?!?! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!