As I read the following stories of world-renowned people who have succeeded to the ultimate level in their respective fields, I said to myself, "All they had when they started their journey was belief in themselves because they overcame some major obstacles to succeed." I am a true believer in reading success stories to find the inspiration and consistent motivation needed to achieve your personal WHY in life.

1. JUST BELIEVE AND YOU WILL ACHIEVE
As I read the following stories of world-renowned people who have succeeded to the ultimate level in
their respective fields, I said to myself, "All they had when they started their journey was belief in
themselves because they overcame some major obstacles to succeed." I am a true believer in reading
success stories to find the inspiration and consistent motivation needed to achieve your personal WHY
in life. As I have written in past issues, you need a mastermind group around you in order to truly
flourish. When I first said that I was going to build an international business when I was only 26 years
old and achieve enormous success, everyone thought that I had lost my mind but what kept me fueled
up was reading stories of other achievers and how they struggled to reach their achievements. As many
of you know, I went on to fulfill my dream and now I am building an international personal development
business that will help many people achieve their dreams. The following are stories that I know will help
you realize that all you need to do is BELIEVE in your ultimate outcome and you WILL achieve it!
FAILURES...BUT NOT QUITE
* The teacher of famous opera singer Enrico Caruso said Caruso had no voice at all and couldn't sing.
* Eighteen publishers turned down Richard Bach's 10,000 word story about a soaring seagull before
MacMillan finally published it in 1970. By 1975, "Jonothan Livingston Seagull" had sold more than 7
million copies in the U.S. alone.
* Thomas Edison was thrown out of school in the early grades when the teachers decided he couldn't do
the work.
* R. H. Macy failed seven times before his store in New York caught on.
* President Harry S. Truman went broke in the men's clothing store he started.
* When Bob Dylan performed at a high school talent show, his classmates booed him off the stage.

2. Now you need to visualize your own story in this article and what will it say? You have the ability to
design your own story RIGHT NOW or you can allow others to tell you what you can do! Remember, you
do not want to be part of the "Should have, would have, IF Club," which years from now, you will stop
and say to yourself, "I should have, would have, if only I knew, etc.! You have the keys to succeed in
your hands right now. Make a decision today to become a success story and not just a statistic! You
need to be proud of your dreams and you need a mastermind team to verbally express your mission.