Definitely a lemons to lemonade story. Way to use those miles!
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Video Viernes-What Are You Worth?
Here’s Chris Gardner making an important distinction. What are you worth?
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Video Viernes-Famous Failures
Dismissed, turned down, underestimated, and fired. Good thing they didn’t let their critics stop them. Did their failures make their successes unlikely or simply serve to move them further along their paths?
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Video Viernes-Cupcake Dream
See why this Washington DC couple left their “perfectly good jobs” and are now “sharing the cupcake love”.
Video Viernes-Start Today
Following up on Wednesday’s article, here is a clip of Russell Simmons. In teaching young people to be entrepreneurs, Simmons emphasizes having the courage to “start today” and comprehend that “their security is already in them”. A good message to reinforce for entrepreneurs of all ages.
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Video Viernes-Paul Potts Sings Nessun Dorma
It’s been three years since Paul Potts won the Britain’s Got Talent competition. Since then his audition clip has been viewed millions of times. Watching this moment still inspires and reminds us that a person’s life story can play out in amazing ways. Paul’s story includes: dreams of singing as a child, pursuing music as an escape from being bullied in school, experiencing various obstacles as an adult, and then a coin toss decision to show up for an audition. Now doing what he feels he was “born to do” Paul says, “In life you sometimes take a turn you weren’t expecting, you don’t know where it leads but you have to take that path.” Read Paul’s bio here.