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 Manny Pacquiao’s Unbelievable Success Story Will Inspire You

It’s 1990 in the province of General Santos in the

Philippines. Manny Pacquiao is 12 years old. Pacquiao often
speaks of his debt to his maternal uncle, Sardo Mejia, who
introduced him to boxing after he dropped out of school. It
was this moment that would spark an unforeseen passion
and drive in Pacquiao to be one of the best boxers in the
entire world. According to his autobiography, he describes
watching Mike Tyson’s shocking defeat to James “Buster”
Douglas in 1990 on television with his uncle as an experience
that “changed [his] life forever.”

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 In his hometown, he set up an open-for-all boxing match
and beat every opponent who came. He was well on the road
of transforming himself from a lanky school dropout to a
junior boxing champion. Despite his success, his family was
still living in extreme poverty and hunger. They became so
desperate to the point that his father had to kill his pet dog
for dinner. Pacquiao couldn’t forgive his father for what he
did so he left home, slept on cardboard boxes, and sold bread
on the streets just to make a meager living. At that point, he
also used boxing and won matches for $2 each, as a means of
escaping poverty.
 He soon moved to Manila and continued winning several
boxing matches, but given the increased standards of living,
he wasn’t making enough to survive. He soon got a job at a
local gym doing gardening, cleaning and construction while
boxing on the side. He trained crazily all day and all night
when possible, waking up the earliest and leaving the gym at
the latest possible time. Early on, his perseverance and
determination to be a part of the boxing world swayed him to
cheat and add on some weights to meet the featherweight
class requirements.
 As the fights got more serious, Pacquiao started getting
more famous as well. He would beat fighters from South
Korea, Japan and Thailand and at the very young age of 19,
he won his first World Champion title by beating Chatchai
Sasakul, the reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) World
Flyweight Champion at that time. The turning point for
Pacquiao came when he won against world-class
featherweight boxer Marco Antonio Barrera at the Alamodome
in Texas with a TKO. After that fight, he was recognized
internationally as a force to be reckoned with.
 Today, at 37, he is one of the most respected
boxers. Despite his loss during the Mayweather
match, he still has won the hearts of many boxing
fans both in the Philippines and worldwide. His one-
of-a-kind story will continue to inspire and it will
always portray the journey of what millions of
Filipinos continue to aspire for.
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ywilll-inspire-you/
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1.DO YOU KNOW THE CHARACTER MENTIONED IN THE SUCCESS
STORY?
2.WHAT LESSONS CAN YOU LEARN FROM THE STORY?
3.WHAT ARE THE GOOD QUALITIES AND PERSPECTIVES THE
MAIN CHARACTER EXEMPLIFY?
4.WHY DO YOU THINK THE MAIN CHARACTER SUCCEED IN LIFE?
5.HOW WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR LIFE STORY TO BE TOLD?
 THE POWER TRIAD: THOUGHTS, FEELINGS AND ACTIONS
From time to time, all of us struggle with
thoughts, feelings and behaviors that are
unproductive or detrimental, and we all find it
difficult at times to muster the motivation to take the
action needed to interrupt our troublesome outlook
and replace it with a healthier, more positive one.
Why do we do the things that we do? Behavior is
sometimes described as a result of a cyclical process.
THE POWER TRIAD: THOUGHTS, FEELINGS AND ACTIONS
Situations:
We all receive messages about a given situation – both
messages from others and messages we send
ourselves. The more clearly we can label these
messages, the less likely they are to drive the cycle in
an unhealthy direction.
Thoughts:
We can retrain our brains to identify automatic
thoughts which can be negative or unhelpful,
interrupt them and replace them with more
constructive coping thoughts.
Feelings:
Learning to name and rate our moods and cultivating
mindfulness can help us to connect to our emotions,
rather than being dictated to by them. Relaxation
techniques can help ease the feelings of stress and
anxiety that can keep us stuck in unhealthy
behaviors.
Behaviors:
When we are down, we tend to be less active; the less
we do, the less we want to do, and the more we
continue to feel down.
 Simply put, a situation arises, and we
have thoughts about the facts of that
situation; those trigger feelings, and based
on those feelings we engage in behaviors
which in turn impact the situation (either
positively or negatively), and the cycle
continues.
 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND BEHAVIORS
Thoughts: Your internal summary or prediction about a
situation or event.
Example: “This is going to be a disaster”.

Feelings: One word summaries of internal emotional states.

Example: Scared

Behaviors: Can be both inward (invisible) and outward

(observable).
Example: Tensing muscles
Turning down an invitation to a
party
TASK Instruction: Describe a situation you recently
experienced that was difficult for you (either
upsetting or made you nervous).

Source: https://classroommentalhealth.org/in-class/thoughts/
TASK
Portfolio Output No. 2: Personal Recipe for Success
with Reflection

Instructions: Review the success story of Manny Pacquiao.

What do you think was the recipe for his success? Now make
your personal recipe for achieving personal goals. Identify
your goal and break it down into a recipe. See sample recipe
for reference.
Portfolio Output No. 2: Personal Recipe for Success
with Reflection

Source: https://www.quotemaster.org/recipe+for+success