EXCERPT from new book: "AWESOME SUCCESS PRINCIPLES & QUOTATIONS by John Paul Carinci

People Who Change the Way We All Think Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson was born on July 18, 1950, in Surrey. Branson was the founder of the Virgin Group, which is made up of more than 400 companies. It was in the 1970’s that Branson opened up Virgin Atlantic Air, and expanded to Virgin Records. Branson was listed as the sixth richest citizen of the United Kingdom, with an estimated net worth of $4.6 billion by Forbes in 2002. What I found intriguing about Branson was on December 7, 2009, he unveiled SpaceShipTwo at Mojave Spaceport, California. His company, SpaceShipTwo is in the planning stages, and is going to one day soon, fly his paying customers into space for the first time. Branson’s company, Virgin Galactic, has been working on this unique vision for many years. Only a man with real vision and dreams can carry out such an elaborate project of carrying every-day citizens into space for the first time. What kind of man could dream so big? Who is Richard Branson? Branson is a billionaire who raised the funding himself. He has already booked over three hundred passengers at $200,000 each to fly in his space machines. He has collected over $42 million in ticket sales thus far. Branson, at the age of sixteen, was publishing a student magazine. In 1972, he began a recording label called Virgin Records. He sold the successful record company in 1992 for $1 billion. Then he started another record company in 1996 and has owned an airline, a credit card company, stores, a book publishing company, and more. Branson loves doing the unheard of and has gone on to become very successful and respected in many industries. “For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, to create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.” --Richard Branson Human Settlement on Mars Innovators have come along since man first graced the earth. There is always someone who comes up with an impossible idea that is thought to be foolish. For many centuries people refused to eat tomatoes for fear of being poisoned. That was until someone was brave enough to eat one and find out that it was in fact not poisonous. The first men who tried to fly a metal machine were thought to be insane. After all a heavy piece of metal can’t possible fly and stay airborne, can it? Penicillin is one of the earliest discovered and widely used antibiotic agents. In 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming observed that colonies of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus could be destroyed by the mold Penicillium notatum. Imagine that? Mold used to kill bacteria, and put inside the human body? Fleming’s principle later led to medicines that could kill certain types of disease-causing bacteria inside the body. Buy a Ticket To Mars? Mars One, a non-profit organization, is taking reservations now for their permanent human settlement on Mars. Starting in 2024, there will be crews of four that will depart every two years. It will be a one way trip, so they will build their on colony on Mars. How amazing is that? According to Mars One, on their website, “While complex, the Mars One Mission is feasible. The science and technology required to place humans on Mars exists today. Much of what was learned from Skylab, Mir and the International Space Station has resulted in vital data, experiences with systems and related know-how, all of which are applicable to living on Mars. The Mars One crews are people who want to settle on Mars. Absence of a return mission reduces the mission infrastructure radically...” “Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.” --Robert Kennedy “At age 22 he failed in business. At age 23 he ran for State Legislature and was defeated. At age 24 he failed once more in business. At age 25 he was elected to the State Legislature. At age 26 his sweetheart died at an early age. At age 27 he had a nervous breakdown. At age 29 he was defeated for Speaker. At age 31 he was defeated for Elector. At age 34 he was defeated for Congress. At age 37 he was elected to Congress. At age 39 he was defeated for Congress. At age 46 he was defeated for Senate. At age 47 he was defeated for Vice President. At age 49 he was defeated for Senate. At age 51 he was elected the 16th President of the United States. He was Abraham Lincoln.” --Author Unknown The Most Inspiring Achievers Who Changed Our World Mother Teresa lived from 1910-1997. As a Roman Catholic nun she devoted most of her life to serving the poor all around the world. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a religious congregation, while in India, where she worked for many years helping the poor. In 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2003 she was beatified in 2003, the first step on the path to sainthood, within the Catholic church. When awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitutes a threat to peace,” She instructed that the money the award carried, of $192,000, be given to the poor. She has said: “The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty -- it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There’s a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God.” --Mother Teresa “God gave every single human being a certain amount of talent, and unless you utilize that talent to the utmost of your ability 24 hours of every day of your life, you deceive your God, your family, and above all yourself. This is what life is all about, this is my religion.” --George Allen In a 1985 monthly publication of Insight, there is an article about Andrew Carnegie, the great steel maker, who was asked by a reporter, “How is it possible to have 43 millionaires working for you at the same time?” Mr. Carnegie answered, “They weren’t millionaires when they started working for me.” The reporter asked, “Well, what happened?” Mr. Carnegie replied, “We believe in rewarding excellence in performance, and these men have developed themselves to the degree that they have become millionaires.” The reporter asked, “How do you develop so many people?” Andrew Carnegie replied this way: “I develop men exactly the same way you mine gold. In order to get an ounce of gold, you move tons and tons of dirt. But you don’t go looking for the dirt; you go looking for the gold.” “I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” —Jack London “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” --Henry David Thoreau Dedication I recently joined a fitness club for the first time. Of course I was new to the entire regimented workout scene, and felt somewhat out of place as a new member, trying to find a good healthy routine for myself. But after a few weeks I got the hang of the various machines and times I needed on each machine that wouldn’t hurt my sensitive back and knees. As I studied the real veterans of the fitness center, the regulars who show up many times per week and for years, I saw the dedication of these participants. I saw people working out so hard and long that I marveled at their drive to stay in tip top shape. There were the massive bodybuilders that had muscles I could never imagine on myself. And there were also the really overweight individuals trying their best to lose weight and stay healthy. I give these individuals a lot of credit for their commitment to success. Their effort in their workouts put my workouts to shame, as I was trying to control and not hurt my troubled parts. Still, they impressed the heck out of me. There also was a blind man in his sixties, a new member that would be helped to the stationary bike by a fitness employee. I observed this man for a couple of weeks. He clearly needed help traveling to the center, and then assistance to work out on the various machines. He was fine once the employees set him up on the machine. He too outperformed me on the stationary bike. The blind individual could have very easily stood home, and no one would ever blame him. Yet he chooses to go out of his way, as a member, and workout at the fitness club. You can tell that the employees love the guy, as they carefully help him and admire him every time. Dedication, inspiration, or intense drive, whatever it is it is a motivating force to everyone that witnesses this individual. It makes me work harder and longer than before. “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” --Calvin Coolidge “You can achieve greatness. You must be willing to pay the price to attain such success. What do you want? What is the burning desire deep inside you? When you get very serious about achieving a goal, write it down, and plan how to attain it. The burning desire starts to become more real, and an all-important drive to accomplish that goal takes over. Be careful not to turn all your wants and small goals into burning desires. Keep your burning desires open to only those special dreams and goals. Focus on the major burning desires and success will be yours each and every time.” --John Paul Carinci C-2014 JOHN PAUL CARINCI