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The greatest success stories of our time begin with the tale of the poor and the disadvantaged who have chosen not to accept their plight. These are inspirational tales of people who declare outwardly that they will not be denied all this available to them through hard work and determination.

Whatever your parents aren’t able to provide, you can gain on your own by traveling regularly to your nearest public library or using our advanced technology of the world wide web. Education is truly the key to changing your position in this world. Equip yourself with the mental tools that are necessary for opportunity to come your way.

“I was born in poverty,” said Vice-President Henry Wilson. “I know what it is to ask a mother for bread when she has none to give.” His is a personal growth coaching story to remember.

Wilson left home at ten years of age, and served an apprenticeship of eleven years while receiving only one month of formal schooling per year. At twenty-one Wilson went to work in the woods to drive a team of oxen and cut mill logs. Despite his long days, he spent every available minute to further his education.

Wilson was determined never to lose an opportunity for self-culture or self-advancement. Few men understood like Wilson the value of self-improvement using only their spare moments. Wilson managed to read a thousand good books – what a lesson for poor boys and girls everywhere!

After only twelve more years, Wilson stood shoulder to shoulder with the more polished people of Congress. With Wilson, every occasion was a great occasion to learn and grow. He ground every circumstance of his life into material for success.

Elihu Burritt, known as the “Learned Blacksmith”, worked at the forge for ten to eleven hours each day. While at work he would solve difficult math problems in this head. In his diary, today’s youth can read the amazing entries Burritt made.

Such entries include: “Monday, June 18, headache, 40 pages Cuvier’s ‘Theory of the Earth’ 64 pages French, 11 hours’ forging. Tuesday, June 19, 60 lines Hebrew, 30 Danish, 10 lines Bohemian, 9 lines Polish, 15 names of stars, 10 hours’ forging. Wednesday, June 20, 25lines Hebrew, 8 lines Syriac, 11 hours’ forging.”

Burritt mastered 18 languages and 32 dialects. In later years, Edward Everett said of Burritt’s example to today’s youth, “Burritt’s example is enough to make any boy (or girl) who is blessed with good opportunities for education hang his head in shame if he chooses not to leverage his good fortune.”

Another terrific example of personal growth coaching is that of Thomas Edison. Edison passed through one dramatic situation after another – always mastering it – until he attained at an early age the scientific throne of the world.

When asked the secret of his success, Edison replied, “I have always been a total abstainer and singularly moderate in everything but Work.”

Early in the 1800’s, a poor colored woman in a log cabin in the South had three boys, but could only afford one pair of trousers suitable for school between the three. She was committed to gain schooling for her boys so she sent them to school in turns, each boy attending class every third day.

The teacher of the school soon noticed the pattern, but knowing the plight of the mother she allowed the boys to attend in sequence.

The mother, who refused to raise “poor” boys did her best and the results speaks volumes as one boy grew to become a professor, another a physician and the third a clergyman. What a personal growth coaching lesson for any boy or girl who pleads “no chance” as an excuse for a wasted life!

Boy’s and girls, men and women everywhere, hear this! With five chances on each hand and one unwavering aim to grow and improve, no one need despair or claim poverty. There is bread for everyone who has the right appetite for success. It doesn’t matter where you are born or what cards you are dealt. If your spirit is fully energized and is dominated by a resolute purpose, no man or circumstance can hold you down.

1. Describe an instance where you have felt that you were disadvantaged. Explain how you have typically responded to this kind of situation in your past.





2. Explain what the outcome of your response has historically been in this area of your life? Are you satisfied with this outcome or do you wish to improve in this area of your life?.





3. Given what you know now, do you wish to improve in this area of your life? If the answer is yes, then explain what you need to do differently in terms of personal growth coaching, in order to gain better results in the future. Identify what you are willing to sacrifice in order to create positive change in this area of your life.

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» Chapter Three - An Iron Will
"Every man stamps his own value upon himself, and we are Great or not according to our own will." - Samuel Smiles

» Chapter Four - Possibilities In Spare Moments
"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." - Benjamin Franklin

» Chapter Five - What Career To Choose?
"DO noble things, not simply dream them all day long, and so make life, death, and forever, one grand sweet song." - Charles Kingsley

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