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This story will bring tears to your eyes and fill you with motivation. ❤️ Imagine an 11-year-old boy in Brooklyn. His father left, leaving his mother to raise four siblings alone in a dilapidated apartment building where electricity was often cut and gas ran out in the freezing winter. That boy’s name was Shawn Carter … Read more

She wasn’t born rich. She wasn’t connected. She had no fashion experience. All Sara Blakely had was $5,000 in savings, a big idea… and a lifetime of learning how to fail. Every night at the dinner table, her father would ask young Sara and her brother: “What did you fail at this week?” If they … Read more

Born in 1975 in Queens, South Jamaica – a poor and impoverished neighborhood of New York, Curtis Jackson (50 Cent) never had a peaceful childhood. His mother, Sabrina Jackson, was only 15 years old when she gave birth. She was an incredibly strong single mother, selling drugs herself to support her child, refusing to accept … Read more

She was born into poverty in a tiny wooden house in Kosciusko, Mississippi, on January 29, 1954. No electricity. No running water. Her mother was just 18, unmarried. Little Oprah was sent to live with her grandmother on a farm so poor that she wore dresses stitched together from potato sacks. Oprah Winfrey as a … Read more

My name is Jordan Hayes. I’m 29, a software engineer in Boston. I’m the guy who always turns in lost items — wallets, keys, phones. Call me old-fashioned, but I believe in karma. Yesterday evening, I was riding the crowded Red Line home when I found a brand-new iPhone tucked between the seats. The screen … Read more

My name is Kevin Ellis. I’m 34 years old, a delivery driver in Phoenix, Arizona. I work long hours and don’t have much, but my mother raised me to always do the right thing. Last Tuesday evening, I stopped at a gas station on the outskirts of town to fill up. While walking back to … Read more