Anyone have any examples of people succeeding because someone encouraged them? Failing because of discouragement? What qualities people who succeed/fail have?
I need help.
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It happens all the time.
Do you mean "famous" people, or just "someone".
Encouragements are very powerful, and discouragement is even more so. Kill someone's self-esteem, and they are going down.
Do you mean "famous" people, or just "someone".
Encouragements are very powerful, and discouragement is even more so. Kill someone's self-esteem, and they are going down.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination are alone omnipotent.
Calvin Coolidge
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination are alone omnipotent.
Calvin Coolidge
Yes. I know several familes that have immigrated to the United States, and with sheer will have survived and prospered.
My wife's parents broke out of concentration camps, walked the Killing Fields of Cambodia, and managed to get sponsored to the US by a church. They worked their whole lives at menial jobs just to get their kids through college. Now their oldest is a pharmacist, the second oldist is a Physician Assistant (my wife), their son has just graduated and about to start his own business, and their youngest is almost done with college. They were encouraged greatly by the kindly church members who taught them to read using the Bible and provided them a home environment for several years as they got back on their feet.
Another of my immigrant friends escaped to the US by carrying her two kids across a river and finding a way to the US. She worked as a flight attendant for many years until listening to Anthony Robbins tapes. She gives him full credit for helping her start a real estate business which just allowed her to retire from her flight attendent job. She is also now starting her own financial services business and making pretty good money at it. By the time she retires, she will have great wealth. And that is an entirely true story.
What these people had in common was great tragedy in their lives, but also were given a second chance. And when the chips fell, they decided they wanted to succeed badly and weren't going to give up. I think this is a common trait in many great people's lives, coming from poverty or great disadvantage and working extraordinarily hard to make themselves succeed against all odds.
My wife's parents broke out of concentration camps, walked the Killing Fields of Cambodia, and managed to get sponsored to the US by a church. They worked their whole lives at menial jobs just to get their kids through college. Now their oldest is a pharmacist, the second oldist is a Physician Assistant (my wife), their son has just graduated and about to start his own business, and their youngest is almost done with college. They were encouraged greatly by the kindly church members who taught them to read using the Bible and provided them a home environment for several years as they got back on their feet.
Another of my immigrant friends escaped to the US by carrying her two kids across a river and finding a way to the US. She worked as a flight attendant for many years until listening to Anthony Robbins tapes. She gives him full credit for helping her start a real estate business which just allowed her to retire from her flight attendent job. She is also now starting her own financial services business and making pretty good money at it. By the time she retires, she will have great wealth. And that is an entirely true story.
What these people had in common was great tragedy in their lives, but also were given a second chance. And when the chips fell, they decided they wanted to succeed badly and weren't going to give up. I think this is a common trait in many great people's lives, coming from poverty or great disadvantage and working extraordinarily hard to make themselves succeed against all odds.
<<She worked as a flight attendant for many years until listening to Anthony Robbins tapes. >>
That Tony dude reminds me of the movie Shallow Hal, hahaha.... I gotta see him now.
That Tony dude reminds me of the movie Shallow Hal, hahaha.... I gotta see him now.
As much as I'd like to use those examples, methinks my teacher's going to want something more verifyable. Someone popular or famous will help but I need specific cases where I can find who pushed who up.
<< Great stories, wyvrn! >>
Yes and inspiration for me. I just put in my two weeks notice at work. Starting a computer business (corp) and also am fully licensed financial planner. Plus I am finishing my first degree at the end of this year (full-time student right now). I will not work for someone else anymore in my lifetime if I can help it
<< Hmmmmm. This may not be the right kind of "encouragement" for your teacher, but I understand that J.R.R. Tolkein was instrumental in C.S. Lewis deciding to become a Christian. >>
Yeah I heard the same thing.
Anyone know of anyone who failed because they didn't receive the proper encouragement they needed to continue? An example like Walter Hunt, who invented the first American sewing machine but never patented it because his daughter said he's be wroning all the seamstresses and putting them out of work.
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