Make It Happen

For most people, hitting 40, and the middle years, without having done anything significant or grand usually means the end of the road for them. A lot of people believe that once you cross that milestone, you are no longer eligible for greatness and you can live the rest of your life a failure. People [...]

We all get rejections at one time or another, some more than most, and these can sometimes make a person not only doubt their abilities but it also makes them doubt themselves totally. What sets a determined person apart from others is their drive to succeed, no matter what kind of rejection they get. Learning [...]

Pele, who  considered himself as the greatest soccer player who ever lived, immortalized  himself  with  his  bicycle kicks  that  turned   soccer balls  into  streaks  of lightning  – straight  to the opposing team’s goal.  But there are ‘other Peles’  out in the  world  who are scoring amazing goals with their own incredible ‘kicks’. One such person [...]

“Faster than speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive,  able to leap tall buildings in  a single bound…” That, of course,  is the classic description of  Superman. ‘Super’   in this context is a superlative for  anything extreme in a huge way -  Omnipotent. Supreme.  Almighty. God-like. All- Powerful. However, sometimes we forget that  Superman’s basic [...]

If you happen to be in India and decides to have a haircut in Inner Space, a barbershop owned and run by Ramesh Babu, take time to shake the hands of your billionaire barber.  The hands that just cut your hair actually drives the wheel of Rolls Royce Silver Ghost  worth at least $400,000. So [...]

Budhia Singh was  three-years old when his mother  sold  him for 800  rupees. Her mother lived in Orissa, a district in India where a third of the population live in  extreme poverty.  Budhia was the youngest of four children. Unable to earn enough income, her mother sold Budhia to a peddler who was a drunk. [...]

How would you like that a planet be named after you? While  NASA and other space agencies spend millions of dollars  just to reach distant stars and planets, a Filipina  got her own planet without having to leave Earth. Yet this incredible feat also came at a great price, with determined commitment and excellence.  Just [...]

Chances are you’ve  already read   a  John Grisham novel  or watched  a movie based on one of his  books.   This  American lawyer and bestselling author is the man behind   legal thrillers such as The Firm, Pelican Brief, The Chamber, The Painted House and The Runaway Jury, among others. A Time to Kill, his first novel, [...]

During the 1992 Barcelona Olympics,  Derek Redmond was  expected to win the 400 meters.  He was an emerging track superstar, holder of the British 400 meters record and harvested a couple of gold medals during the Commonwealth Games, European Championships and World Championships.   All eyes were set on Redmond during the semi-final competition.  He was [...]

Rob Sloan is a 31-year old former army  mechanic who joined the Kiedler Marathon. Twenty-miles into the race, Sloan stopped running and took a bus to hitch to take a shortcut to the finish line.  He alighted near a forest, crossed the woodland, and rejoined the  route with the other runners. Sloan finished 3rd place [...]