When someone becomes immensely successful and wealthy, others have choices in how they respond. The common choices are:
1. An outpouring of jealousy, dismissing the successful person as lucky, dishonest, manipulative, evil or with some other derogatory term.
2. Admiration and acceptance; a that’s life attitude: Good for him.
3. Wow! How did he do that? I want to learn from that guy and do the same.
It is sad that such a high percentage of people seem to fall into category 1, although I would guess the majority fall into category 2. Where life can get very interesting is for those people who fall into the third category. They have the admiration and appreciation, but they also have the inspiration, to go those few steps further to emulate the successful. They realise that if he can do it, then they can too.
Success is big business. $8bn a year is spent by Americans on personal development products, so there is no doubting the desire of ordinary people to improve themselves and succeed in their lives. Whatever their education, talents or ambitions, they are willing to pay to learn how to improve themselves and succeed.
Often,...