At age 17, she was rejected from college.
At age 25, her mother died from disease.
At age 26, she suffered a miscarriage.
At age 27, she got married.
Her husband abused her. Despite this, her daughter was born.
At age 28, she got divorced and was diagnosed with severe depression.
At age 29, she was a single mother living on welfare.
At age 30, she didn’t want to be on this earth.
But, she directed all her passion into doing the one thing she could do better than anyone else.
And that was writing.
At age 31, she finally published her first book.
At age 35, she had released 4 books, and was named Author of the Year.
At age 42, she sold 11 million copies of her new book, on the first day of release.
This woman is J.K. Rowling. Remember how she considered suicide at age 30?
Today, Harry Potter is a global brand worth more than $15 billion dollars.
NEVER GIVE UP. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. BE PASSIONATE. NEVER GIVE UP. WORK HARD. IT’S NEVER TOO LATE. WORK HARD.
She is J.K. Rowling.
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Developing personal resilience is of central importance for everyone during these particularly stressful and divisive and Covid times in our country and world. As a writer, J.K. Rowling’s story above is particularly significant for me, because she turned to writing as a central skill she had and it saved her life. Tomorrow I will be posting a follow-up article to this one that describes The Twelve Habits of Highly Resilient People and a free quiz that helps you understand your resilience level.
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Have a healthy, positive and impactful life,
Peter Prichard CMF
-WEBSITE/BLOG – https://lnkd.in/gygJ37b
-AUTHOR – the International #1 Amazon Bestseller and Readers’ Favorite 5 Star Award Recipient – “Have a Positive Impact During Uncertain Times” – https://lnkd.in/e2KsXT9
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100% of the revenue from the sale of my 3 books goes to organizations ( links below ) supporting the themes of those books: lessening instances of sexual assault and bullying (Dawn of Hope – ( www.theuncomfortableconversation.org ), lessening deaths by tobacco (Dawn of the Tobacco Wars – www.tobaccofreekids.org ), and increasing instances of positive impact ( Have a Positive Impact During Uncertain Times mentioned above).
#positiveimpact #positive #kindnessmatters
Developing personal resilience is of central importance for everyone during these particularly stressful and divisive and Covid times in our country and world. As a writer, J.K. Rowling’s story above is particularly significant for me, because she turned to writing as a central skill she had and it saved her life. Tomorrow I will be posting a follow-up article to this one that describes The Twelve Habits of Highly Resilient People and a free quiz that helps you understand your resilience level.
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Have a healthy, positive and impactful life,
Peter Prichard CMF
-WEBSITE/BLOG – https://lnkd.in/gygJ37b
-AUTHOR – the International #1 Amazon Bestseller and Readers’ Favorite 5 Star Award Recipient – “Have a Positive Impact During Uncertain Times” – https://lnkd.in/e2KsXT9
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100% of the revenue from the sale of my 3 books goes to organizations ( links below ) supporting the themes of those books: lessening instances of sexual assault and bullying (Dawn of Hope – ( www.theuncomfortableconversation.org ), lessening deaths by tobacco (Dawn of the Tobacco Wars – www.tobaccofreekids.org ), and increasing instances of positive impact ( Have a Positive Impact During Uncertain Times mentioned above).
#positiveimpact #positive #kindnessmatters