ARTICLE:

    “Let History Be Your Mentor: Learn the
    Principles of Success from Biographies of
    Successful People”
    By Celia Ann Rooney, Attorney & Co-Founder of A New Success,
    LLC


In these hard economic times, everyone is looking for answers. How are we
going to weather this storm? Will I lose my job? Should I be starting up a new business or
looking for a second job as back up? Where do I start? How do I achieve success so that
my family doesn’t have to suffer if the recession turns to depression? With all of the
foreclosures, bank failures, rising inflation, and loss of jobs overseas, we all have
legitimate concerns and want to find a path to success especially in these troubled
economic times.

         Help is on the way. Success is a matter of both science and art. You don’t have to
reinvent the wheel. The science of success is a set of principles, which, once learned and
understood, will get you well on your way toward making your dreams of success your new
reality. The truth is that all people have dreams but not all people get to live their dreams.
One way to really learn and understand how you can achieve success is to study the
selected role models throughout history. Some of your favorite heroes in history did not
start out successful—they had a lot to overcome in order to motivate themselves to take
action on their dreams. They each had a vision of how their lives and the world could be,
and that vision was the motivating force which drove them on, no matter what the
hardships, dangers or sacrifices. The particular scientific principle of success for this is
stated simply: “The vision is the motivating force of all action.”

         History truly can be our mentor in hard times. One of my favorite heroes of all time is
Harriet Tubman. She was the founder of the Underground Railroad for slaves before the
Civil War and then served as a cook and a nurse for the Union soldiers during the war. But
she started out as a slave herself, and just think about the enormity of the obstacles she
faced. Worse than abject poverty for her living conditions, she was an African American
woman in bondage with a great vision. That vision was freedom. Harriet Tubman believed
in herself and her calling and kept on going until she achieved it. She felt called to help not
only herself, but her people, and she spent long years in danger leading others out of
slavery into freedom. Our own hard times pale in comparison to what she endured. She
succeeded because she allowed her vision to motivate her into the action she needed to
do to accomplish her goals.

         Harriet Tubman is just one example of the many inspiring figures of history that we
can learn from today. Sure, times are tough, but if we stay focused on that vision of our
true calling in our minds, we can overcome any obstacle to reach success. You can do
this, too. Let history be your mentor in your quest for success.

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