TOO STUPID TO FAIL
Transformation Magazine|October 2020
How to change your internal dialogue and change your life for the better
David J. Martin
TOO STUPID TO FAIL

This article is about how my “Stupid” story became a business called Too Stupid To Fail and how I use it to help people find success by removing artificial barriers in their lives and eliminating negative internal dialogue. I would like to ask that you try not to feel bad for me as you read it as I have truly embraced every phase of my life, and I am grateful to have lived every moment of it because it has created me to be the person I am today. Every single one of us can define success our own way, through our own lenses, and, as I evaluate my life at my age and at my position in life, I consider myself to be very successful. Because of that, I have to share how I not only survived my past, but thrived in spite of it. That somewhere along the way, mostly because other people telling me I have a story to share, I learned that the events of my life can literally dramatically improve the lives of other people and help them thrive as well. So, welcome to my story. Welcome to my testimony of how I am Too Stupid To Fail.

I was born in September 1966 to an alcoholic father and chronically depressed mother. They divorced when I was two years old. My mother married another alcoholic shortly after divorcing my father. My stepfather, Frank Murphy, adopted my siblings and me when I was around 8 years old. So, my last name was Murphy for 10 years which served me well when I was in high school because everyone thought I was a pissed-off Irishman, and I believe that kept me out of a lot of fights. I smoked my first cigarette when I was 8. I also started smoking every day when I was 11, which is also when I smoked weed for the first time.

This story is from the October 2020 edition of Transformation Magazine.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.

This story is from the October 2020 edition of Transformation Magazine.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.

MORE STORIES FROM TRANSFORMATION MAGAZINEView All
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION - What do you want?
Transformation Magazine

THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION - What do you want?

Experience more of what you want, feed a happy mind, and find solutions faster;

time-read
8 mins  |
June 2021
FREE TO JUST BE
Transformation Magazine

FREE TO JUST BE

Creativity needs space and play time without judgment.

time-read
3 mins  |
June 2021
I Don't Believe in Divine Intervention
Transformation Magazine

I Don't Believe in Divine Intervention

We can learn and practice ways to choose our experiences based on our divinity and the laws of Intention, Expectation, and Attraction.

time-read
6 mins  |
June 2021
Transformation Magazine

WE STARTED THE FIRES

World events have the power to change individual consciousness and human consciousness on a greater level.

time-read
5 mins  |
June 2021
To age or not to age?
Transformation Magazine

To age or not to age?

Our bodies want to move and have strong muscles.

time-read
3 mins  |
June 2021
SPIRITUAL ALIVENESS
Transformation Magazine

SPIRITUAL ALIVENESS

Sunrise is the best possible time to recharge yourself for each new day of activity.

time-read
4 mins  |
June 2021
Inspired Living
Transformation Magazine

Inspired Living

Know that we are timeless spiritual/energetic beings—and death is not a “goodbye,” just a “see you later.”

time-read
4 mins  |
June 2021
FIND YOUR WAY
Transformation Magazine

FIND YOUR WAY

There’s Angels and Masters and Dear late Aunt Tillie. All of this psychic stuff might sound pretty silly. Still we know that there’s something, we cannot deny it. But we’ll never know what, unless we just try it.

time-read
2 mins  |
June 2021
DO SOMETHING THAT MATTERS
Transformation Magazine

DO SOMETHING THAT MATTERS

What we give, we will receive, and kindness is a path that goes outward toward the intended and inward toward ourselves.

time-read
4 mins  |
June 2021
3 Keys to Sustainable Creativity
Transformation Magazine

3 Keys to Sustainable Creativity

Why you should stop trying to produce a bestseller

time-read
7 mins  |
June 2021