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By Malavika Velayanikal  This Hong Kong business magnate, investor, and philanthropist is the richest person in Asia, with a net worth of $31.9 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as of April 16,2014. He was born in Guangdong province, China. After his father’s death, he was forced to leave school to support his family before…

By Get Busy Living Blog Writer J.K Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, spoke to the graduating class of Harvard in June 2008. She didn’t talk about success. She talked about failures. Her own in particular. I absolutely love her quote. “You might never fail on the scale I did,” Rowling told that privileged audience.…

By Hiba Argane Richard Brandt has brought us the intel behind the creator of the world’s most popular online shopping site, Amazon.com. With its super easy and convenient layout, Amazon has helped Bezos rise from computer whiz to a world-changing entrepreneur. Through interviews with employees, competitors and observers, we get an insight into how Bezos…

By Rediff Srikanth Bolla (pictured below) is standing tall living by his conviction that if the “world looks at me and says, ‘Srikanth, you can do nothing,’ I look back at the world and say ‘I can do anything’.” When he was born, neighbours in the village suggested that his parents smother him. It was…

By M.Farouk Radwan, MSc If you are serious about being successful in life then you can do nothing better than educating yourself about the inspirational stories of successful and famous people. Many people who want to achieve success in life, career or business fail to do it because they don’t know what it takes to…

By Roel Manarang Diosdado’s life story exhibits perseverance, hope, determination, and the power of self-belief. The son of a farmer in Cagayan, Diosdado would walk barefoot just to complete his high school education. His resilience made him a Magna Cum Laude graduate in electrical engineering. His excellence in the academe paved the way for Diosdado…

By Tony Hsieh (Business Plus Hachette Book Group, 2010) Tony Hsieh’s entrepreneurial spirit emerged when he was just nine years old and launched his first business — a worm farm. When that didn’t pan out, he moved on, undeterred, to businesses ranging from publishing a newsletter and selling it to classmates and running garage sales,…

By Matthew Bass At 24 years old, Anisa Telwar Kaicker was left without a job, a college degree or much self esteem when her mother’s business collapsed. Now 47, Kaicker is the founder of Atlanta-based Anisa International, which has $30 million in annual sales. She owns a factory in China that produces 22 million cosmetic brushes…