From Rags to Riches - Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People with Extraordinary Lives! (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781507758656)

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION HOW TO GET MOTIVATION AND INSPIRATION FOR SUCCESS MOTIVATING RAGS TO RICHES STORIES SAM WALTON The Man behind the Success of Wal-Mart The Early Life of Sam Walton Sam Walton's Life before Wal-Mart The Birth of Wal-Mart The Ten Commandments According Sam Walton The Reasons for Wal-Mart's Success Wal-Mart after Sam Walton's Death Lessons from the Life of Sam Walton ROSALIA MERA World's Wealthiest Self-made Woman Early Life of RosaliaMera The Growth of RosaliaMera's Career RosaliaMera's Other Activities How the Zara Brand Became a Global Brand The Life of RosaliaMera after Her Divorce Lessons Learned From RosaliaMera URSULA M. BURNS Her success Story Lessons Ursula M. Burns Learned From Her Mother The Education of Ursula M. Burns How She Began Work at Xerox 4-time Forbes' Power Women Advice from Ursula M. Burns SYLVESTER STALLONE How He Became Successful Early Years in the Life of Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Stallone's Early Career in Hollywood How "Rocky" Came To Be The Lessons in the Life of Sylvester Stallone HOW JAY-Z BECAME SUCCESSFUL Early Life of Jay-Z The Beginning of Jay-Z's Musical Career Decoder: Jay-Z's autobiography Who is Jay-Z off Stage? Who Is Jay-Z To Other People? Jay-Z's Interview for Vanity Fair The Mystery of Jay-Z's Brands JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER The World's Richest Man Early Life of John D. Rockefeller John Rockefeller's Influences to Standard Oil The Life of John Rockefeller after Retirement MARKETING LESSONS FROM JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Strive for efficiency Be consistent Be adaptable. The Legacy of John D. Rockefeller REID HOFFMAN How He Got To Where He Is Now Lessons from Reid Hoffman Early Life of Reid Hoffman How Reid Hoffman Started His First Business Reid Hoffman's Stint at Paypal How Reid Hoffman Started LinkedIn Reid Hoffman on Teaching How To Code CORDIA HARRINGTON CEO and President of the Bun Company Cordia Harrington's Career in Real Estate Cordia Harrington and Her Partnership with McDonald's The Accolades Received By Cordia Harrington Lessons FromCordia Harrington PUBLISHER INTRODUCTION Just like we need food for our body, our spirit also needs food that comes as motivating and touching stories, they can make us feel better and give us power to scale the financial heights.This book contains a collection of the most inspiring rags to riches stories.You will not only enjoy reading them but you will be motivated to move to a higher point in your financial world. Each story in this book comes with an important life changing lesson. Rags-to-riches stories in this bookhave been told to inspire other people to rise from poverty and become rich. Most of the people in this book rose from obscurity to gain fame through many hurdles. Classic stories like the tales of Alladin and Cinderella are often treated as cases of such stories. The life of Gengis Khan who lived with his mother and siblings used to be homeless before he annexed lands which later became the largest empire. During the Roman Empire, the Emperor Diocletian was born poor to a slave father. Sir Gareth in the King Arthur story was a kitchen boy before he became a knight. In India, the Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta Maurya was also poor. In China, Emperor Gaozuand Hongwu Emperor came from a peasant class. It is not easy to rise from poverty to a life of fame and fortune. A lot of stories had been written to inspire people to move out of their comfort zones to a life of immense wealth. Lessons from rags-to-riches stories have been published for readers to learn and apply them in their own lives.

Author: John Davidson,Elda Watulo
ISBN-10: 1507758650
ISBN-13: 9781507758656
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/28/2015
Pages: 66
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.14d