Transcript
Introduction
"Though I have never followed the rules at every step, I have learned many lessons along the way. These lessons have done me good throughout my lifetime. I have written them down, and I hope that you will find something in these pages that might inspire you." "I believe in goals. It's never a bad thing to have a dream, but I'm practical about it. I don't sit daydreaming about things that are impossible. I set goals and then I work on how to achieve them. Anything I want to do in life, I want to do well and not halfheartedly."
"At school, I found reading and writing hard. Back then, dyslexia wasn't understood, and my teachers just thought I was lazy. So I taught myself to learn things by heart. Now I have a very good memory, and it has become one of my best tools in business." "When I was starting out in life, things were more certain than they are these days. You had a career lined up, often the same one that your father followed. Most mothers stayed at home. Today, nothing is sure and life is one long struggle. People have to make choices if they are going to get anywhere. The best lesson I learned was to just do it. It doesn't matter what it is or how hard it might seem. As the ancient Greek Plato said, 'The beginning is the most important part of any work.' A journey of 1,000 miles starts with that first step." "If you look ahead to the end and all the weary miles between with all the dangers you might face, you might never take that first step. And whatever it is you want to achieve in life, if you don't make the effort, you won't reach your goal. So take that first step."