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Celebrities and other motivational icons who made it to the top, from real actors, athletes and authors who used to be just like you.
Ana de Armas — The Girl Who Dreamed Beyond the Horizon
Ana de Armas — The Girl Who Dreamed Beyond the Horizon The warm Cuban sun poured through the windows of a modest home in Santa Cruz del Norte, a small coastal town east of Havana. It was 1988, and in that little house, a girl named Ana Celia de Armas Caso was born. No one could have guessed that this girl, who would spend her early years running barefoot along dusty streets, would one day be walking the world’s most glamorous red carpets.
By Frank Massey 6 months ago in Motivation
The Unseen Hours: How Ordinary Struggles Shape Extraordinary Lives. Content Warning. AI-Generated.
Introduction: Where Success Really Begins When we imagine success, we often picture the loud moments — applause, awards, headlines, promotions. But what if I told you that everything worth becoming is forged in the quiet? Not when the spotlight is on, but when no one is watching. Not when you feel confident, but when you feel broken and unsure — and you show up anyway.
By Chilam Wong6 months ago in Motivation
From Lab to Life: The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2025. Content Warning. AI-Generated.
Introduction: Innovation That’s Quietly Changing Everything Every now and then, a wave of new technologies emerges—so subtle that most of us don’t notice until they’ve already arrived. In 2025, that wave is here. A report co‑published by the World Economic Forum and Frontiers highlights ten technologies set to ripple through medicine, climate solutions, energy, and digital trust. From self‑sensing biomolecules to batteries that charge in minutes, this decade’s breakthroughs are not sci‑fi—they’re happening now.
By Chilam Wong6 months ago in Motivation
Sylvester Stallone — The Man Who Wrote His Own Destiny
If life were a boxing match, Sylvester Stallone’s first rounds would have left most people flat on the canvas. But Stallone wasn’t built to stay down. He was the kind of fighter who could take hit after hit — from poverty, rejection, humiliation — and still find the strength to get back up. The world would one day know him as Rocky Balboa, but before that, he was just a struggling young man in New York City, clutching a dream so stubborn it refused to die.
By Frank Massey 6 months ago in Motivation
The Unseen Power of Small Steps. Content Warning. AI-Generated.
Introduction: Why We Overestimate Big Moments and Underestimate Small Ones We’ve been conditioned to believe that life changes in an instant. That one big break, one lucky opportunity, one dramatic turning point will redefine everything. It's a romantic idea — the overnight success story, the viral moment, the inspirational speech that sparks a revolution.
By Chilam Wong6 months ago in Motivation
The Man Who Made the World Laugh — While Fighting His Own Battles
There’s a peculiar kind of magic in laughter — the way it cracks through the hardest days, the way it can pull you back from the edge when the world feels too heavy. Jim Carrey knew that magic intimately. What the world didn’t know — what we still sometimes forget — is that behind the rubbery face and the explosive energy was a boy who learned to make people laugh because he knew what it was like to feel empty.
By Frank Massey 6 months ago in Motivation
Grief Is Just Love with Nowhere to Go
Grief Is Just Love with Nowhere to Go They told me grief would come in waves. They didn’t say some waves would come years later, quiet and sneaky, in the middle of doing dishes, or folding laundry, or hearing a song you forgot they loved.
By waseem khan6 months ago in Motivation
When You Feel Like Giving Up, Read This. Content Warning. AI-Generated.
We’ve all had those moments. Moments when life feels heavier than it should. When no one seems to understand the weight you're carrying. When your dreams start to look like illusions, and the voice in your head says, "Maybe I’m not meant for this."
By Chilam Wong6 months ago in Motivation
"The Untold Life of Angelina Jolie"
I’ve written about resilience before — the quiet, stubborn kind you find in people who have been tested by life. But the night I sat down to learn more about Angelina Jolie, I realized hers was a different breed of resilience. It’s not quiet. It’s fierce. It’s as sharp as the angles of her cheekbones and as unyielding as the gaze that made her a star. Most people know her as the face of Maleficent, the glamorous red-carpet icon, the humanitarian, or the ex-wife of Brad Pitt. But buried beneath the celebrity gloss is a woman who’s fought battles most of us would never want to face.
By Frank Massey 6 months ago in Motivation
