Sub-Topic: BE THE NEXT YOU.
Ask a group of people why they aren't rich and chances are many will say something like, "Well, I'm not a movie star and I'm not in the NBA." Do only celebrities make money? Why is the association of wealth so strongly tied to celebrity-dom? It is because our culture-with its ubiquitous fascination for the glossy entertainment and pro sports world-perpetuates this fallacy on a daily basis. One doesn't have to go far to be hypnotized by this lie; celebrity news magazines, talkentertainment.com and other the media in general keeps "celebrityd-dom" alive. The truth is that celebrities' bank accounts pale in comparison to the richest people in the world. And, I wouldn't call many celebrities "rich" if they are unhappy, unsatisfied, and constant tabloid gossip for their unscrupulous acts. The number one reason most people don't get what they want is that they don't know what they want. At the same time, they don't know what they're passionate about. So they haven't a clue what they are supposed to be doing. Now is the time to really conquer this lie that runs too deep in our consciousness and shoves us off course from the roads we should be taking.
Pop quiz:
1. Who is Ingvar Kamprad?
2. Who is Ursula Burns?
3. Who was John H. Johnson?
Answers: 👉Ingvar is the founder of Ikea and the fourth riches person in the world with a net worth of $28 billion. He turned a love for peddling matches, fish, pens, Christmas cards and other items by bicycle as a teenager to an empire selling furniture and household goods.
At this writing, 👉Ursula Burns is ranked as the 27th Most Powerful Woman on Fortune's renowned list. As a top executive at Xerox Corporation, she helps bring in billions of dollars in revenues a year for the company and is one of the most respected business women in America. A member of the Xerox team for more than 20 years, she calls the company her family and she wouldn't still be there, if she didn't love what she does. By now she may even be sitting at the helm of the entire company.
The late 👉John H. Johnson was born in Arkansas in 1918, the grandson of slaves. He went on to become one of the richest men in America as founder of the Johnson Publishing Company, an international media and cosmetics empire headquartered in Chicago. Today, it includes Ebony and Jet magazines, Fashion Fair Cosmetics and EBONY Fashion Fair. Johnson was the first black person to appear on the Forbes 400 Rich List and had a fortune estimated at close to $500 million when he passed away in 2005.
👉I'll give you one more example: Janice Bryant-Howroyd, the founder of Act-1 Group Staffing and Professional Services. She went out on a limb when she started the company in 1978 from a single office in California and now it's a multi-million dollar business spanning the country with a network of more than 70 offices. Black Enterprise magazine named the company the third largest African-American owned business in the U.S. In 2014, it boasted $ 1.8 billion in sales revenues.
What do these four individuals have in common?
They are celebrities in their own right. They are highly respected and admired. They set the bar for so many others in their industries and communities at large. But they aren't routine newsmakers in the entertainment reports; the paparazzi don't follow them and they don't always get to walk a red carpet. In other words, they aren't "celebrities" in the usual sense of the word. They are men and women, who are celebrated for what they have done-what they have shown up to accomplish. And, that's the truth!
The Celebrity Truth-" A celebrity is someone who is celebrated-someone who shows up to do something well, which may have no relation to the entertainment or sports world."
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