"Be the change you want to see" - Mahatma Gandhi
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Accept Change
"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power."
- Alan Cohen
- Alan Cohen
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Steve Jobs
He was adopted by a working class family; he grew up in apricot orchards that would later become Silicon Valley. He dropped out of Reed College because he couldn't pay the tuition; he co-founded Apple in his parents' garage in 1976. He was ousted from the iconic brand in 1985 after power struggle with chief John Scully but returned to Apple in 1996 and created the iPod and iphone revolution. When away from Apple he also started Pixar animation, creator of hits like Toy Story and Finding Nemo, that was later sold to Disney. Jobs now is the ceo of apple, sits on Disney's board as its largest shareholder.He is now worth more than $6 Billion
Check out his inspirational speech at Stanford University
Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong
His family fled China in 1940 and settled in Hong Kong. At age 10 he had to drop out of school and work to support his family, at age 15 his father died. He worked hard and at age 19 he became the general manager of his company; he later started his own plastic flower manufacturing factory which eventually grew as Cheung Kong Industries into a conglomerate with stakes in supermarkets, property and cell phones. Today he is worth $23 Billion.
Read More about him and his life in this exclusive inspirational interview
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