In the 1940’s, Sarah Vaughan was on top of the charts – all the while, battling with record companies, managers and husbands about what songs to sing. In the end, this jazz legend did things her way. As a result, she became a star. Here are 3 ways Sarah Vaughan made it happen. When I […]
He was playing the piano at age 3, composing by 5, and performing at age 6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart started his career early. As he grew older – he would take full command of his career in ways most of us would not consider today. Over 200 years after Mozart’s death, we review what the […]
Do you buy lottery tickets? I have a lot of friends who do. And they believe that’s the only way they’ll ever have any money. The “lottery” mentality is what keeps people from being wealthy. People who attract wealth think differently from others. Adopt the following ways of thinking and your life will likely change […]
In 1975, he was the highest paid entertainer in the world. But Johnny Carson didn’t believe in hording his wealth, choosing to give up to $2 million a year to charity. Carson was the king of late night TV for 30 years and during all that time, he learned a thing or two about what […]
He remains one of the most popular singers in the world. Nat King Cole, who smoked 3 packs of cigarettes a day, left us in 1965, a victim of lung cancer. Cole believed that smoking helped improve his larger-than-life baritone voice. Instead, it killed him at the young age of 45. Today, Nat King Cole’s […]
Early in life, he was a loner with few friends. But well known landscape photographer Ansel Adams was always curious – teaching himself the piano, and then photography. Adams did things his way. For those of us struggling to build a career or find our way in this life, the philosophy of Ansel Adams is […]
He cut, burned and kicked 500 of his paintings because he felt they weren’t good enough. Later in life, he threatened to destroy every one of his famous paintings. French painter Claude Monet, founder of the impressionist painting style, was a perfectionist, insecure and prone to depression. But Monet also loved life and his work, […]
He believed winning a war, or anything in life, was best accomplished without firing a single shot. Ancient Chinese general, strategist and philosopher Sun Tzu liked to win before the other side even knew they had lost. His teachings on effective strategy have been followed by leaders throughout time. Today, we can learn from Sun […]
He was mentally ill; tried to live off just coffee, smoke and alcohol; almost never slept; and was regarded as a total failure since only one of his paintings sold when he was alive. But Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh refused to back down, going on to create hundreds of paintings, each worth millions today. […]
He was known for coining the phrase “Follow Your Bliss” which means to follow your dreams, heart and desires. Writer and thought leader Joseph Campbell believed that the life we are living now is the one we were meant to live. It’s not that we have a bad life which needs to change. It’s more […]
Cory Galbraith 