#GOTEAM
What the heck is #GOTEAM?
Go Team, commonly known in our hash tag form as #GOTEAM is the life mantra created by Nicole Arbour, and celebrated by awesome people everywhere.
Where it came from
After a devastating car accident in 2008 Nicole was forced into years of painful treatment, having to give up her career, and living with constant severe chronic pain.
She became depressed, and like most people in her situation, found herself bitter and losing hope completely, even remembering times where she couldn’t walk and just didn’t want to live anymore.
It wasn’t until she saw a Dr’s report that called her “disabled” and suggested she’d never get better that Nicole had a life changing epiphany. …An “Ah ha!” moment! A giant lightbulb went off! She was like… DUH!
The cheer Gods came to her right then when she was balling her eyes out on the floor, felt like giving up on life, and just accepting that she’s trapped in a body that won’t work anymore …and they said: GO TEAM.
Why it’s so important
They went straight up Denzel on her ass and said: “It is not time to give up, it is time to get up!”
They reminded her that everything she needed to really know about life, and how to get through anything she had learned in her life as a cheerleader.
You land on your face? You get back up, smile, and finish the damn routine!
You want to build an awesome pyramid? Ya can’t do it alone! Be honest, be open, be real, and build a strong team!
So Nicole started cheering for herself! She had sticky notes all over her house cheering for her, all day, everyday. Then, after a straight year of being bed ridden she started walking daily, bit by bit. …and she kept cheering. She started believing that she CAN still reach for her dreams even with her new limitations. Every time she got knocked back down, she’d regroup, get back up, and keep cheering. She stopped listening to anyone who said it’s not possible, and that no one would fault her for just giving up. And she made the decision that her struggle wouldn’t be for nothing. There had to be a reason she fought her way back from hell… and it was to be a living example that cheering works.
When you believe, and do you the work, the really hard work, you WILL be successful and NOTHING can stop you… not even a car.
#GOTEAM
And Nicole formed a team of the brightest minds in cheer, music, dance, film, multimedia, and everything in between led by her and Assistant Captain (who happens to be her cousin) Shannon Russell with their first project being Nicole’s comeback to life, her first single, #BANGBANG. (Proceeds from the single will directly benefit other chronic pain suffers with portions going to our friends at the Chronic Pain Association.)
Now, #GOTEAM is here to spread the main principles of cheering for everyone the way you wish they cheered for you (success is best shared!), turning your excuses and past hits into your REASONS for success, and that people are all the same. We all have highs and lows, triumphs and tragedy, dreams and ambitions, and we all feel pain. So… why keep acting like we’re so different? Why have clicks, and jealousy, and alienate people? There’s no need, we’re all on the same team, and it’s time to lead cheer.
Live it, mean it, say it.
Make the hashtag, say #GOTEAM