"Unstoppable Dreams"

There's a great commercial out right now for Honda called "Unstoppable Dreams".  It's narrated by the American actor and former WWE wrestler John Cenna and features footage of former Formula 1 World Champion Ayrton Senna, current Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen (who just clinched his fourth consecutive world championship), and seven-time world champion professional motorcross rider Jett Lawrence.  Cenna narrates a short poem that when talks about how many people give up when they experience failure.  The video montage shows Senna, Verstappen, and Lawrence all experiencing setbacks in their career.  As Cenna then reverses the order of the poem, the video montage shows how champions like Senna, Verstappen, and Lawrence turn their failures into success.  It's absolutely brilliant!

Here's the poem as it is first read:

You won't remember my name.

This is the last time

You will see me at the top.

My doubts 

Will destroy 

My dreams.

The more I seem to learn, 

The more I seem to lose.

I want to carry on, 

But not today.

This is the point I give up.

But simply reversing the order of the poem completely changes its meaning.  Here is the poem in reverse:

This is the point I give up, 

But not today.

I want to carry on.

The more I seem to lose, 

The more I seem to learn.

My dreams

Will destroy

My doubts.

You will see me at the top, 

This is the last time

You won't remember my name.

Sometimes, just a change in perspective can completely change your attitude.  Changing your perspective can turn inadequacy into persistence.  Changing your perspective can turn a loss into a win.  Perspective, attitude, persistence.  This is the heart of a champion.