"Part Three of Dave Bernstein's In Search Of Heroes Interview Was Amazing and Well Worth Listening To" by Ralph Zuranski
RALPH ZURANSKI: Boy, you know, I agree with that. Are there any principles you are willing to sacrifice your life for?
DJ DAVE BERNSTEIN: Absolutely. I always tell my kids all the time- well, I don't tell my kids because this would be a scary thing- but I tell people all the time that I would take a bullet for my kids, I would do anything to save my children. My children mean everything to me. In fact, they are the driving factor that keeps me working as hard as I do.
DJ DAVE BERNSTEIN: I really do protect my friends as well; I had an opportunity to protect my friends at the seminar that I recently went to. Where, there was a hotel guest that was bothering one of the seminar attendees, and I basically told him, that you know, he needed to keep his volume down, and you know, and kind of treat her a little, a little nicer, and I really do try to take care of my friends and the people that I care about. Hopefully that answered your question okay.
RALPH ZURANSKI: Yeah. What was the lowest point in your life, and how did you change your life path and win a victory over all your obstacles?
DJ DAVE BERNSTEIN: The lowest point in my life is something that I think about every now and then, but was thinking about quite heavily a couple years ago, and that was when I went through a divorce. And the ironic thing is that divorce was meant to happen, I am not upset about losing that marriage because it very much a battery drainer on my life.
DJ DAVE BERNSTEIN: I was married to a person that was not interested in what I was doing, and quite honestly, I was married to a person who was very unethical, very sneaky, was not a hard worker, and that's not really what I'm about. How did I change my life to one of victory over the obstacles? I basically dedicated my life to the things that mattered most to me.
DJ DAVE BERNSTEIN: That was: my career, my children. And I never ever ever go a day in my life where I don't think about what I can do to improve my children’s' lives, what I can do to improve my career, and how I can help others do the very same thing.
RALPH ZURANSKI: Do you have a dream or a vision that sets the course of your life?
DJ DAVE BERNSTEIN: I think my biggest dream is watching my children succeed in what they want to, my kids have both taken an interest in using audio and video to express their thoughts. I actually have a website up which is www.DaddyDays.net and the kids have had an opportunity to experience what I've done, and over the course of the last year, they have said to me "Dad I want to be a television reporter", "Dad, I want to be on TV".
DJ DAVE BERNSTEIN: And if they could succeed doing what they want to do, in a way that is influenced by me, that would be incredible to me, I would love to see my kids succeed in anything they put their minds to.
RALPH ZURANSKI: Do you take a view, a positive view of setbacks, and misfortunes, and mistakes? I know that everybody has those on a daily basis. So, what is your view of that?
DJ DAVE BERNSTEIN: Oh, absolutely everyday I wake up is a great day as far as I'm concerned. I- The first thing I do in the morning is, you know, think about what I did not accomplish the previous day, and I try to go ahead and accomplish it that day. So, even little things, like things that didn't get accomplished and big things, you know, major setbacks, you know, if somebody is sick, if you know, a job opportunity did not come through, if anything is a mistake or setback in the course of the day, I absolutely try to look for the best part of it.
DJ DAVE BERNSTEIN: I want to make sure that I never take a negative view into any day, and I certainly never go to bed angry. I think that's probably one of the worst things you could possibly do, is take any problems of the previous day and bring them into the next day. So, um, I definitely am an optimist in that aspect.
RALPH ZURANSKI: MM- HMM (agreement) Do you feel that optimism is important?
DJ DAVE BERNSTEIN: Oh! Absolutely! I mean, there's no room for negative people on this earth. I mean, I know that everyone needs to be negative every now and then something is happening and you just can't express your feelings in any other way than just kind of being, kind of giving people the stink eye if you will, but you know, optimism, optimism drives everything else.
DJ DAVE BERNSTEIN: Optimism drives lives, drives courage, it drives people to succeed. It drives- you know, there's nothing optimistic in having a smile on your face, and when people see smiles on your faces, they want to be an optimist. They want to succeed. They want to live for the greater good. So, um, not only am I an optimist, but I feel that it's crucial that you're an optimist not only for yourself but for other people as well.
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