>> reporter: braden kirchner taught them how to craft a note, and then their lives. dreams come true? >> one piece of advice, the most important is the deeper system. because that separates the winners from losers. >> reporter: they're also the ones that do the unexpected. the man from goose creek just became a father, but not before finishing another dream first. >> i went on a diet of oranges and popcorn for their weeks. >> reporter: preparing for a shot at the guinness book of world records, putting his body through an ordinary tennis racket 22 times in one minute. >> this is the guy you married, right? >>. >> >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: we laughed. he won. big ideas often begin in small places. for "today," bob dotson, nbc news, with an american story in charleston, south carolina. >> we are all in awe. coming up next, some last minute side dishes for your thanksgiving feast with the help of martha stewart. rst, this is "today" on nbc. >>> back now at 8:49, martha stewart's ultimate thanksgiving day feast. we prepared the turkey and gravy and now time to tack the

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