We can go through life feeling sorry for ourselves and hating the world because you feel it owes you something. You say things like if only I was born rich or if only I was born in England or America. But what you fail to realize is that you already have all you need to be a success. You need no other thing in life. You can go around with a sad face feeling sorry for yourself while the rest of the world progress and leave you behind. I want to share the remarkable stories of some individuals who were victims of life but turned it into being a victor.
1.COLENE DANIEL
1.COLENE DANIEL
She was 8 years when the police forcefully pulled her out of her house and sent her and her siblings to different foster homes. Her first foster parents gave up on her after 6 months because she feared and hated the world. She spent several years living in the orphanage. When the foster homes were closed, she went through a series of foster home experiences where she was repeatedly told she
was dumb and would amount to nothing. At 15 she rented her apartment and supported herself by working nights and weekends. She also enrolled in a top public school in the city. By her senior year,
Colene made the honor society, took an active role in student achievement program, and served in the student government. While holding down 3 part time jobs.
Colene then worked her way through college and not only graduated with a bachelor in science degree in speech pathology and audiology, she was listed in who's who in America's college and universities. After receiving a masters in health care administration, Colene worked in several hospital in China, Kenya, Saudi Arabia. In 1991 John Hopkins hospital hired her as vice president of corporate services. She was later made head of Department of Community services.
JOSEPH NEUBAUER:
was dumb and would amount to nothing. At 15 she rented her apartment and supported herself by working nights and weekends. She also enrolled in a top public school in the city. By her senior year,
Colene made the honor society, took an active role in student achievement program, and served in the student government. While holding down 3 part time jobs.
Colene then worked her way through college and not only graduated with a bachelor in science degree in speech pathology and audiology, she was listed in who's who in America's college and universities. After receiving a masters in health care administration, Colene worked in several hospital in China, Kenya, Saudi Arabia. In 1991 John Hopkins hospital hired her as vice president of corporate services. She was later made head of Department of Community services.
JOSEPH NEUBAUER:
He was 14 when his parents put him on a boat and send him to America from a war ridden Israel. An aunt and uncle already established in Massachusetts agreed to take him in. Provided he pay his way by working in the family roadside store after school and on weekends. He did not only learn a new language, but a whole new culture.
With the help of his concerned educators, his aunt and uncle, and a number of new friends, Joe graduated from high school and was admitted to Tufts university. To help pay his way, he got a part time job as a waiter eventually working his way to the position of food steward. As a senior he was nominated for and won a scholarship for graduate study at the prestigious University of Chicago Business school.
With the help of his concerned educators, his aunt and uncle, and a number of new friends, Joe graduated from high school and was admitted to Tufts university. To help pay his way, he got a part time job as a waiter eventually working his way to the position of food steward. As a senior he was nominated for and won a scholarship for graduate study at the prestigious University of Chicago Business school.
When he gained his MBA, Joe joined Chase Manhattan bank to learn finance. At the age of 27 he became the youngest vice president in the bank's history. After taking positions at Pepsi where he became the youngest treasurer of a fortune 500 company and Wilson Sporting goods. Two years later the board named him president and in 1983 he became CEO. As at 1998 his privately owned company has grown into one of the largest and financially strongest service company in the world, with 120,000 employees and revenues of about $ 5 billion.
And if you feel your current situation is bad take a look at the people above and move on.
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