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The road to success is always under construction; share your equations for success — and learn some new ones.
A Penny for your Future
I came from a poor family, one that had many children alongside me, always struggling to get by day in and day out. We do however have quite a few rich relatives, ones who lived life in a comparatively luxurious way, in our eyes at least.
By ReinStriver5 years ago in Motivation
Nonprofit Gives Away Over 100,000 Free Face Masks and Over 120,000 pounds of Food Across the Southeast United States
Lane Harper is a critically acclaimed actor in an off-Broadway stage play, and the movie “Justice on Trial: The Movie,” where he portrays civil rights activist, Medgar Evers. Although he loves being an actor, his first love and main passion is giving back.
By Power of Life Foundation5 years ago in Motivation
Be MORE
When I was 6 I had dreams to be a doctor. I would gather stuffed animals on my bed and give them checkups. At 13 I was utterly obsessed with medical terminology; it was a new language to me. At 17 I was enrolled in advanced medical courses that would further fuel my love of the medical field. When life happened at 20, I stepped away from my dreams and tried to fit a mold I would never properly fit within. At 24 I stood on the steps of a community college (a far cry from my dreams of pre-med) and I started again with a child on my hip. At 25 I was derailed with the birth of my second child and was angry with myself for my inability to do it all on my own. At 26 I put my head down and refused to look up until it was done, medical terminology became my worst enemy as it sucked my nights away and medical jargon filled my every passing moment. At 27 I am a first-generation student with a degree and two children. I learned more about myself in the last 3 years than I had known my entire life.
By Elizabeth Kerr5 years ago in Motivation
Uncanny Fortune
Money makes the world go round. It's the greedy truth we all know and the lower class hates it. You can try as hard as you can, but it takes years just to climb up from one class to the other. I'm one of the many in the lower class that tries. I'm 24 years old, living in Baltimore, trying harder and harder every year to have enough to get out of the lower class but living is way too expensive in this world. I haven't gone to college, I have no certifications, just a high school diploma. I'm working a dead end job, making only $600 bi-weekly. And things aren't getting any easier from there, only getting worse. I'm trying to pay off medical bills and credit card bills all while having to pay $900 at the end of each month for my apartment's lease. But I have a roommate so paying the lease isn't too bad.
By Devin 5 years ago in Motivation
When You Wish Upon A Little Black Book
It was a typical summer night in the small town of Clinton, North Carolina. Sharon Marshall had just finished her shift at Sampson Regional Medical Center. She had been employed there for five years as a housekeeper. She was exhausted from pushing the cleaning cart up and down the long corridors of the hospital, cleaning empty rooms, making up beds, cleaning toilets, and sending soiled sheets to the laundry room. She longed to quit this job. As much as she worked, and even though the pay was good, she knew that one day she wanted to obtain something better like winning the lottery. If she was to win the Mega Millions or the Powerball, she knew that she was going to say goodbye to Sampson Regional. She whispered under her breath just how tired she was as she plumped down into the front seat of her beat down 2002 Jeep Liberty. She had bought it from a neighbor as is and the phrase “as is” meant that she could not drive anywhere outside of Sampson County, she had to press on the gas slowly without causing the jeep to jerk profusely by pressing it too quickly, and she could not go over the speed of 60. She looked at the gas gauge and saw that it close to empty. She did not have the money to put more gas in and she knew that she needed gas for the rest of the week. She shook her head as she cranked her jeep and pulled out of the parking lot. Finding herself stressing over the possibilities of not having the money for gas, she drove home in silence.
By Sholanda Marible5 years ago in Motivation
Personal Exodus
Ever since I was a small child, I always had a feeling I was destined for something more grand than what I was frequently exposed to on a daily basis. I was born in a very small town in the northeast of North Carolina, residing on the border of Virginia. A rural area is too humble a category to place the town of Roanoke Rapids in but deeming it a city is too generous.
By Shane Taylor5 years ago in Motivation
I'm a champion
About 5 months ago I was flown from Los Angeles to Miami to participate in a reality show for athletes. I was put in a hotel room for 14 days without being able to see anyone due to COVID-19. Meditation, painting, sculpting were some forms of entertainment I practiced, aside from working out and adopting a Champion's mind; I mind I wasn't looking for nor expecting to achieve. After 14 days of absolute isolation, I received a call from the network telling I had been cast. I was officially part of a brand-new TV show for athletes, the Ninja Warrior meets The Challenge kind of show.
By Andres Mejia Vallejo5 years ago in Motivation
Happy New Years from your creators Dickens, Franklin, Morrison, and Oates
"Getting the first draft finished is like pushing a peanut with your nose across a very dirty floor." I'm going to give you a peek into the daily rituals of some of the world's biggest and brightest creators. America has been the birth place of some of the most intelligent and successful people in the world.
By Jordan Ziemba5 years ago in Motivation
Hard Work
When was the last time you had a day when even your coffee needed coffee? A day when your childhood punishments such as: going to bed early, not leaving the house, or not going to a party became your adult goals? Was that day today? A week ago? A month ago?
By Mahonry Franco5 years ago in Motivation
The Little Black Book
"OMG, Skye! Your book is sooooooo good. I knew you could do it", read one of many Facebook comments in a post I was tagged in. Immediately, my stomach started to knot. I'd been writing mini-memoirs since the sixth grade. At this point after writing for so long, my little composition notebook was so raggedy, the white splotches from the original print were also black with pen marks. What's going on? What are these people talking about? Who tagged me!? I'd just gotten off of the Greyhound, I'd previously sworn to never go back on, and I hadn't reunited with my folks in Chicago yet. Oh my goodness, I can only imagine what my people are saying!
By dessie5 years ago in Motivation
Overcoming Aphantasia to Become a Better Writer
The gloomy mid-afternoon weather seeps through the openings in the horizontal blinds into my tiny space. Rain drops outside the window race down to the finish line of a ledge. Drops combine with one another to take the lead. Homemade hazelnut cold brew coffee rests on the side table. Just beneath the window, long vines of green plants stretch toward the floor, adding color to my otherwise black and grey living room.
By Nani Cruz5 years ago in Motivation
Breaking down the walls I've built
For me a fresh start to 2021 would be to start tearing down the walls I've built up in my head to keep me "comfortable"... This year I'll be turning 28 years old, not far from 30. This scares me, not because of thinking I'll be old but due to the fact that I feel like I haven't lived to the potential I feel I could of been so far in my life.
By John Sanderson5 years ago in Motivation
