Iqbal Masih spent his childhood shackled to a loom in a dingy carpet factory in Pakistan. At the age of four, when his parents hired him out to repay a $16 loan, he worked twelve- to sixteen-hour days, seven days a week, for less than a dollar a month. He never...
If the American dream means starting with nothing and accumulating great wealth and assets, then Millard Fuller's story qualifies. But when Millard's dream turned into a nightmare, he decided it was time to redefine his vision.By the age of thirty, he had earned a...
Twenty people in the past hour have listened to your sales pitch and hung up the phone. Five banks in a row have rejected your application for a small business loan. Your screenplay has just been returned with another letter that starts, "Thank you for thinking of us...
"I was caught in a dilemma. On one hand, I wanted badly to become a nurse. The idea of helping people really appealed to me. On the other hand, studying four hours a day had no appeal. My grades showed it. At the age of nineteen, I failed my first year of nursing...
If there was ever an improbable prospect for major league baseball stardom, that longshot was Maury Wills. When he first tried out for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950, he stood five feet eight inches tall and weighed 150 pounds-too small to play most positions. He was a...
Every week, Linda Bremner sends a thousand letters to children she doesn't even know. Some parents might not like their children getting letters from a stranger. But not these moms and dads. They write back to thank her-and so do the parents. Linda's letters give...
He possessed a five-day supply of food, a Bible and Pilgrim's Progress (his two treasures), a small ax for protection, and a blanket. With these, Legson Kayira eagerly set out on the journey of his life. He was going to walk from his tribal village in Nyasaland, north...