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EVERYONE has to deal with ADVERSITY…not everyone knows how to.
CHEATING DEATH is an inspirational eBook that will give you TOOLS to help YOU TO UNDERSTAND
how to get through life’s tough moments.
Here’s what some of the world’s leading Health and Fitness experts think of CHEATING DEATH
TOM VENUTO
Author of many best selling Health and Fitness books and a highly respected Health and Fitness expert globally
Dougalâs life-threatening accident did not dampen his spirits. It renewed his commitment to his goals and stirred up his passion to pursue his calling. He has now announced it his mission âto empower 5 million people to find and fulfill their purpose through health and fitness.â
If anyone can achieve this goal, Dougal can. He has become a motivation coach, speaker, blogger and now author.
I consider myself fortunate to have been among the first people to see his new book, CHEATING DEATH, a no excuses story of Triumph Over Adversity and I was honored that he asked me to write a foreword.
Fitness, self-help/inspiration and autobiography books are common these days. Rare is the book that combines all three with a captivating story that sends your emotions on a roller coaster ride, but leaves you soaring on a high at the end.
Carlos DeJesus
World Natural Bodybuilding Champion, 1985
Be prepared to be stirred by this compelling man and his true story of triumph over incredible adversity – not on just one occasion but again and again; you will be sitting on the edge of your seat.
He is a master story teller. He somehow relates what would have been a story of tragedy and despondency into one of surpassing victory, artfully woven with his uncommon sense of humor. I found myself stirred to laughter, to tears, but mostly to laughter and I marvelled at his resolve, giving one reader occasion to call him superstar; I agree.
Adam Waters, NESTA-CPT
Author: RTP Transformation System
Creator: ShredderSphere Community
Inside the covers of this book you will gain an invaluable insight into the man behind the legend. You will learn about Dougalâs heartbreaking loss in his formative years, the freak surfing accident that literally broke his neck and the life-threatening complications that arose in the aftermath of this horrific event.
The fact that Dougal overcame these setbacks and challenges to make a full recovery is a story unto itself. However, Dougal did not just stop there; he actually picked himself up off the canvas and channelled every ounce of his being into making an incredible body transformationâ¦documented in real-time in full view of many thousands of people!
I predict that Dougalâs journey of redemption will continue to spread like wildfire across the Internet and inspire scores of people across the globe to overcome challenges, setbacks and to take massive action on their goals and live their dreams.
If Dougal can do it, so can you.
So what can you expect to read in the book. Comedy, tragedy, heartache but most of all, inspiration. This is not a tragic story but one of heartwarming ‘get up and go’ no matter what.
Dougal has discovered how to keep going with an honest joy in his heart and a very large smile on his face.
Here are some excerpts from the book:
The title of my book was inspired by a conversation with a physiotherapist friend of mine who came to visit me in hospital shortly after I broke my neck surfing at St Francis. The brief conversation went like this…
âPlease tell me honestly what you think of my xrays.â
She spent some time studying them carefully and eventually looked me in the eye and said.
âThese are the xrays of a dead personâ.
…I loved being able to help broken people get physically healthy again, but even more importantly, emotionally healthy. My clients started calling it âThe wisdom factor.â I wasnât your average 25 year-old personal trainer and I had a great deal of life experience coupled with a gift, I believe from God, of being able to identify peopleâs needs and offer advice.
I wasnât, and am not, a qualified psychologist but I just seemed to know how to listen and what to say. One client, the head of the Law Department of a major corporation, astounded me one day by saying that I had âthe most brilliant analytical mindâ she had ever seen. I didnât burst her bubble by telling her I was ADD and had absolutely no educationâ¦apart from my degree in âBeach and Surf Technologyâ which I picked up from a beachside stall in Hawaii.
As my confidence grew, my clients talked to me more because I seemed able to offer solutions to their problems. âYou are so much better to talk to than my hairdresser,â is a comment I have heard on more than a few occasions.”
I was loving my calling and I formulated a personal mission statement. I wanted a massive goal that would inspire me forever, something that I felt I would never be able to reach so I made it a big one.
âTO EMPOWER FIVE MILLION PEOPLE TO FIND AND FULFILL THEIR PURPOSE THROUGH HEALTH AND FITNESS.â
I started running towards my goal…
My sister, Margot, the most beautiful, charismatic 36 year-old woman I had ever known and who was my best friend – you know, the kind of person you can talk nonsense to 5 times a day on the phone and never get tired of it, – was waiting to cross the road.
She was waiting for a vehicle to pass so she could cross the road to help the others.
I was walking back when I saw headlights of another car crest the hill and start toward us at speed and in an erratic fashion.
The driver, who I now know was drunk, hit my sister head on pushing her into the side of my car and onto his bonnet like a rag doll, his vehicle carrying her to where I was walking.
He saw me in his lights and swerved back onto the asphalt dumping her into the bushveld at my feet and disappeared up the road in a swirl of dust and screeching tyres.
My beloved sister was killed instantly.
“Tuesday the 29th was no different…a magnificent sunny day, the ocean as blue as it could be. Swimmers, boogie boarders, paddle skiers all just having fun. My kids were on the beach, my girlfriend chatting to a surf instructor….I was surfing the shore break.
As far as shore breaks go this one was a biggish wave that formed very quickly and if you didn’t get onto it smartly you were going to get dumped.
I have been surfing since I was 12, have studied the ocean all this time and I have great respect for the sea, I figured I could get onto this wave quick enough to make it a fun ride.
I got smacked a few times…but that comes with the territory, I knew that and I persisted.
My final wave started building. It was forming nicely from right to left and although the take off was really steep I went for it.
I was too late on the take off, ended up on top of the wave and “went over the falls” (got dumped).
Trouble was I got thrown head first onto a sand bank. Water immediately started filling the channel and before I knew it I was chest deep in swirling water, the current trying to pull me back to sea.
As soon as I hit the sand bank my head exploded and I knew I had broken my neck. I mean, I heard the bones break. I was instantly disoriented, felt badly nauseous and had the most excruciating pain in my head.
What do I do now? I had a choice. Fight for my life and find a way out of the water? Or just give up, let go and drown?”
Writing this book was very cathartic for me and I know that it will inspire you to new beginnings and greater things.
Your journey is NEVER over until YOU say so.
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