I am being inspired by the biography of George Washington Carver at the moment, an American Scientist, Botanist, Educator and Inventor who invented and promoted over 100 products made from peanuts including cosmetics, dyes, paints, plastics, gasoline (petrol), and nitroglycerin. Born to slave parents, he was orphaned before he could walk. In his youth he fought poverty and throughout his life he battled prejudice. Yet he emerged as one of history's most remarkable men! It is an incredible story.
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| Photograph of George Washington Carver taken by Frances Benjamin Johnson in 1906 |
Another person whose biography inspired me earlier this year was that of Steve Jobs. I think what I remember most is that Steve had a sense of destiny. He knew from early on in his life (as a premonition) that he was not going to live long, so he had a sense of urgency to fulfil his life's purpose in a hurry. He was a perfectionist and one of the amazing things to me is that if he hadn't got involved in the computing industry you wouldn't be reading this Blog Post in a pretty type face. One of the elective courses Steve took after "dropping out" of university as a full time student was "Calligraphy". Hence the designer fonts we all have to choose from. Great, I love it when art and science meet in business.
I would encourage you, if you aren't already, to read the biographies of successful people. This is one of the places I gain very useful tips and information on how to run my own businesses and grow successful in them.
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