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Set Your Standards Higher, to Fully Engage Your Abilities

Fantastic Frank - Recovering from TBI Trumatic Brain InjuryThe following quote caught my attention: “Nobody rises to low expectations.” by Calvin Lloyd.
If you or someone else sets your personal standards to the lowest of your abilities then you won’t be able to rise to your full potential.
When I came out of my coma, the doctors expected me to be a vegetable for the rest of my life. I wasn’t going to let that happen. I knew my brain was functioning enough to be able to relearn how to walk and talk again. I was very determined and I didn’t let the doctors’ low expectations limit my ability to recover. I knew that if I worked smart enough I could regain my independence.

Set your expectations for your personal standards to a level at what you want to achieve.
After Julie Sanderson had experienced a Traumatic Brain Injury, she thought she wouldn’t be able to return to her work as a police officer. Her expectations for herself were low. Julie’s Mom reminded her that she had been hurt and Julie would get better. Julie did get better and returned to her job because of hard work and determination. Her journey to wellness started when she raised her expectations to what she wanted to achieve. Julie Sanderson’s story is written in “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries” page 290; as is my story on page 283.

With love, joy, and determination you can achieve your goals by not limiting your expectations of yourself.

by Fantastic Frank Johnson
Author of “From Flawed to Fantastic”

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Fantastic Frank in the Rochester Business Journal

The “Fantastic Frank” story written by copywriter Michele Camacho, and published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries, spurred on this story in the Rochester Business Journal.

Fantastic Frank in Rochester Business Journal

Are You Ready to Be a ‘Silent Angel’ ?

Fantastic Frank with Angela Leigh Tucker

Fantastic Frank with Angela Leigh Tucker

A friend of mine, Angela Leigh Tucker, was recently awarded the “Silent Angel Award” by the Brain Injury Association of NY State (BIANYS). You can find her story, along with mine, in The Chicken Soup for the Soul: Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injury.

The Silent Angel award “Recognizes those who make it possible for others to be in the forefront of the association’s activities.”

I just love this concept of a “silent angel” and came to find, from searching the internet, that there are many, many “silent angels” out there. I found groups related to animal rescue, real estate, Rett syndrom, etc… the point is that, there is help.

A great quote from one of them is: “So why are we silent? Because doing the right thing is all that really matters.”

This got me thinking of all the ways that each and every person can be a silent angel to someone else. Don’t be daunted – it doesn’t have to involve raising millions of dollars to charities….. How about a smile?

What is it that you can do to uplift another person?

No matter what your own circumstance, there is something you can do/share/be. Take my friend Angela Leigh Tucker – she incurred a traumatic brain injury in a car accident that killed her husband. And she found a way to make a difference. Sometimes when we lift others up, it uplifts our own spirits as well.

Give it a try.

“Fantastic Frank” Story by Michele Camacho in Chicken Soup for the Soul – Rochester In Focus Interview

WHEC, Rochester In Focus, interview with myself and Michele Camacho. Hear the endearing backstory of why “Marvelous” Michele wrote the story “Fantastic Frank”, which is published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries.

by Fantastic Frank Johnson
Author of “From Flawed to Fantastic”

PS – Do you need an Inspirational Speaker? Check out my site and get in touch to see if I have your dates available http://www.fantasticfrankjohnson.com/speaker/

Fantastic Frank Johnson on WXXI Need to Know Rochester

Sharing Triumph over Tradgedy! This interview on WXXI, Need to Know Rochester, starts off with a story of me being published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries, and then goes in depth about my journey and my mission to inspire millions.

by Fantastic Frank Johnson
Author of “From Flawed to Fantastic”

PS – Do you need an Inspirational Speaker? Check out my site and get in touch to see if I have your dates available http://www.fantasticfrankjohnson.com/speaker/

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