7Reasons Why You Will Never Do Anything Amazing With Your Life
I’ll never amount to anything!
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I’ll never amount to anything!
I’m from Nowheresville.
Birthplace Matters?
Can you locate Qinghai,
Inkandla, Nambour,
Agusta, Mineola or
Waterville on a map?
Nowheresville is Everywhere
It’s not where you are from that makes you what
you are.
What you become is up to YOU.
If it were different, the following people would not be “where” they are now.
The 2008 Time 100
Leaders and Revolutionaries
14th Dalai Lama Qinghai, China
Vladimir PutinLeningrad, USSR
Barack ObamaHonolulu, Hawaii
Hillary ClintonChicago, IL
John McCainCoco Solo Naval Air Station, Panama Canal Zone
Hu JintaoJiangyan, China
George W. BushNew Haven, CT
Jacob ZumaInkandia, KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa
Anwar IbrahimCherok Tok KunMalaya
Kevin RuddNambour, Queensland,Australia
Bartholomew IImbros,Turkey
Ben BernankeAugust, GA
Muqtada al-SadrBaghdad, Iraq
Robert GatesWichita, KS
Michelle BacheletSantiago, Chile
Sonia GandhiLusiana, Veneto,Italy
Baitullah MehsudBannu District, NWFP, Pakistan
Evo MoralesOrinoca, Bolivia
Ma Ying-JeouKowloon, Hong Kong
Ashfaq KayaniGujar Khan Tehsil, Punjab,Pakistan
Heroes and Pioneers
Angelina JolieLos Angeles, CABrad PittShawnee, OK
Oprah WinfreyChicago, IL
Oscar PistoriusSandton, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Mia FarrowLos Angeles, CA
Lance ArmstrongPlano, TX
Andre AgassiLas Vegas, NV
Bob and Suzanne WrightMineola, NY
Peter GabrielChobham, Surrey,England
KakáBrasilia, Brazil
Sheik Mohammed al-MaktoumDubai, United Arab Emirates
Yoani SánchezHavana, Cuba
Madeeha Hasan OdhaibIraq
Randy PauschBaltimore, MD
Lorena OchoaGuadalajara, Mexico
Tony BlairEdinburgh, ScotlandUnited Kingdom
Alexis SinduhijeBujumbura, Burundi
Aung San Suu KyiRangoon, British Burma
George MitchellWaterville, ME
Scientists and Thinkers
Michael BloombergBoston, MA
Craig VenterSalt Lake City, UT
Jill Bolte TaylorTerre Haute, IN
Larry BrilliantDetroit, MI
Jeff HanStudied at NY University
Mehmet OzCleveland, OH
Nancy BrinkerPeoria, IL
Harold McGeeSchenectady, NY Peter Pronovost
Waterbury, CT
Eric Chivian andRichard CizikUSA
Mary Lou JepsenHas MS from MIT
Paul AllenSeattle, WA
Nicholas SchiffMD from Stanford
Mark ZuckerbergWhite Plains, NY
Wendy KoppAustin, TX
Shinya YamanakaOsaka, JapanJames ThomasonOak Park, IL
Michael GriffinAberdeen, MD
Susan SolomonChicago, IL
Isaac BerzinEducated in Israel
Artists and Entertainers
Lorne MichaelsToronto, OntarioCanada
Miley CyrusNashville, TN
Robert Downey, Jr.New York City, NY
Herbie HancockChicago, IL
Joel and Ethan CoenSt. Louis Park, MN
Bruce SpringsteenLong Branch, NJ
Peter GelbNew York City, NY
Mariah CareyHuntington, Long Island, NY
Khaled HosseiniKabul, Afghanistan
Elizabeth GilbertWaterbury, CT
Rem KoolhaasRotterdam, Netherlands
Judd ApatowFlushing, NY
Alex RidopulosHas a degree from MITEran EgozyIsrael
George ClooneyLexington, KY
Tim RussertBuffalo, NY
Suze OrmanChicago, IL
Stephenie MeyerHartford, CT
Tyler PerryNew Orleans, LA
Tom SoppardZlín, Czechoslovakia
Chris RockAndrews, SC
Takashi MurakamiTokyo, Japan
Builders and Titans
Indra NooyiChennai, Tamil NaduIndia
Ali al-NaimiAlRakah, DhahranSaudi Arabia
Rupert MurdochMelbourne, VictoriaAustralia
Steve JobsSan Francisco, CA
RadioheadAbingdon, Oxfordshire, EnglandUK
John ChambersCleveland, OH
Jeff BezosAlbuquerque, NM
Jay AdelsonCalifornia
Steve BallmerDetroit, MI
Jamie DimonNew York City, NY
Prince Alwaleed bin TalalJeddah, Saudi Arabia
Jou JiweiBeijing, China
Neelie KroesRotterdam, Netherlands
Jeffrey ImmeltCincinnati, OH
Karl LagerfeldHamburg, Germany
Lloyd BlankfeinBronx, NY
Carlos SlimMexico City, Mexico
Mo IbrahimSudan
Ratan TataBombay Presidency,British India
Cynthia CarrollDegrees from Skidmore College, U of Kansas, Harvard University
Carine RoitfeldParis, France
Michael ArringtonGrew up in California and Surrey, England
Your birthplace may become a “most visited”
place some day.
You hold your future.
Make something of it.
Sources:http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/0,28757,1733748,00.htmlhttp://www.wikipedia.org/
Dedicated to the kids everywhere (even Modoc, IN) that think they can’t be because of where they are.