Summary Of I Was Born To Reshape Your Destiny By Tinesha Cherry

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I Was Born to Lose, but I Chose to Win! - 7 Steps to Reshape Your Destiny was written by the poet and motivational speaker Tinesha Cherry. This autobiography was the second edition of this book and it came out in October of 2016, and it was published by Plant a Seed Publishing and Media. The 109 pages of this book are filled with encouragement on things that should be very beneficial to one. The purpose of this book is to inspire others that no matter what life throws at them they can always have a reason to get back up and try it again.
Just based off the title of this book I get the concept that no matter what situation you are put into you have to be strong, and tell yourself that you are going to overcome those tough obstacles. I believe
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Not giving up is what we have to keep in mind. Tinesha Cherry most definitely did not give up on anything that she already had her mind set on. Growing up she had one of the toughest childhoods, because she battled with everything life obstacle that you can think of.
She starts her book on this introduction of her life basically titling it “nobody came for me.” From my understanding of this chapter her mother was the beginning of all her troubles. When a person is going through something you have to look at where they come from. No one person acts on a situation just because. Nine times out of ten everything starts at home, if they are not taught not to do such things then what other way are they to know. Of course by now you are probably wondering, well if they aren’t taught it they still shouldn’t do it anyway, but everyone’s mindset isn’t the same. Maybe the mother was so done with life she wanted to get hooked to something that would change her thoughts and put her in a place where she no longer has to think of anything. Drugs was most definitely the calling for that then. Her mother wanted nothing good for herself not even for

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