Pete Bradley's in a wheelchair but it didn't stop him

Pete Bradley thought he was happy sitting at home playing computer games, but he credits his stepmother with forcing him to get off his backside – and into a rewarding career.

"I was 18 and out of school. All I wanted to do was play computer games and drink beers with my mates. But my stepmother wasn’t going to let me waste my life, so she encouraged me to do Outward Bound."

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How elite people think?

An enterprising person is one who comes across a pile of scrap metal and sees the making of a wonderful sculpture. An enterprising person is one who drives through an old decrepit part of town and sees a new housing development. An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life.

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A dripping teen

I became interested in investing when I got my first job as a waiter. I had money that I'd saved and wanted to buy stocks like my parents. When I turned 16, I opened an account with my mom at a local brokerage. I then bought my first two stocks: $200 worth of General Electric and $200 worth of Abbott Labs, a pharmaceutical company. I picked these companies using information I gathered from books and online discussion boards.

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A simple gesture

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As

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Drive safely and carefully

Jack took a look at his speedometer before slowing down: 73 in a 55 zone… Fourth time in as many months. How could a guy get caught so often?

When his car had slowed to 10 miles an hour, Jack pulled over, but only

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Truly Inspiring Real Life Story

A lady 83 years old who lives at pali in West Bengal. Every evening she comes from Pali to kolkata to sell the fries.The pedestrians out of respect buy the fries from her. After lung cancer took away her only son
from her 5 years back,to make ends meet she works.Her nephew aged 30 works as a mover on meagre wages in pali.

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When asked if she has a problem
in travelling,she weakly smile ans says “No,the bus gets me here and my
health is not that bad”.

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Forget me not: Two powerful stories of remembrance, hope and courage

Jim May, a storyteller who speaks in a disarmingly simple, matter-of-fact style, tells original stories of growing up in the rural farming, all-white town of Spring Grove, Illinois. His stories, both humorous and touching, range from coming-of-age German-Catholic experiences to horse trading tales and memories of family life. For children, he offers stories from traditional sources and a variety of cultures, in an effort to emphasize the wisdom of great tales that have been handed down from one generation to the next.

That practice of handing down stories from one generation to the next is especially poignant in his stories of John Henry, a former slave who found a welcoming home in a small Illinois town, and Lisa Derman, a resistance fighter and Holocaust survivor.

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Life and Work

Father was a hardworking man who delivered bread as a living to support his wife and three children. He spent all his evenings after work attending classes, hoping to improve himself so that he could one day find a better paying job. Except for Sundays, Father hardly ate a meal together with his family. He worked and studied very hard because he wanted to provide his family with the best money could buy.

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