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    What’s Your Most Compelling Storyline?

    the power of a compelling story

    Let me start by making my point: a good story well told can move the world.

    Lately, I have been wondering about the many stories I have come across on how some of the most profitable companies in the world began.

    Just think about it. Almost every successful company in the world has a compelling “how it all started” story.

    I am sure you have come across the story about Colonel Sanders and how he stepped back from the desperate intersection of writing a will and calling it quits, to starting Kentucky Fried Chicken with under $100.

    What about the Apple Inc. story about how Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak put together Apple’s first computer at Steve Job’s family home garage?

    Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, is also said to have founded the world’s largest online bookstore, Amazon, in his garage in 1994; and used an old door as his first business desk.

    Examples abound of today’s multi-billion dollar businesses that started out in humdrum places such as home garages. Hewlett Packard is one of these.

    Google, the largest search engine in the world was once a research project of two Stanford graduates who were only interested in graduating with honours. Today, the Google stock is valued at over $1,000 per share. (more…)

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    5 Greatest Fears you Should Overcome to Succeed

    What are you afraid of? What feels you with trepidation? I have cracked the code to set you free and unleash your destiny. There are five greatest fears in the world, and you are most likely suffering from one or a combination of them. These are the fears stopping you from enjoying life. To live more

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    When Preparation Meets Opportunity, Destiny Unfolds!

    There has recently been a video that has gone viral, both online and offline. It’s about a young man from Mali called Mamoudou Gassama who was caught on camera scaling four floors to rescue a baby. In what has been referred to as a real-life Spiderman, Mamoudou latches onto one railing after another, heaving himself more

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    The Art of Self Mastery: Overcoming Self-Imposed Limitations

    The Art of Self Mastery: Overcoming Self-Imposed Limitations

    The greatest battle you will ever fight is against your ‘self’. It’s a fight for self-control, self-masterly. There is a war raging inside you. It’s the most ferocious battle you will ever have to contend with. It’s also the most unconventional war the world has ever seen. The enemy within is very cunning. He pretends more