Success Archive
13 Aug 2012
Hans Christian Andersen, The Danish Writer
Hans Christian Andersen, the Danish writer and poet famous for his fairy tales, grew up in poverty. His father was a sickly shoemaker and his mother, an alcoholic. The entire family lived and slept in a single
9 Aug 2012
Milton Snavely Hershey: Founder of Largest Chocolate Company
Hershey founded the Hershey Chocolate Company (today called The Hershey Company), the largest chocolate company in the world. As a young boy, Hershey attended several one-room schoolhouses, but stopped formal schooling before the fifth grade when his
5 Aug 2012
Gamal Abdel Nasser: The Greatest Arab Leaders in History
Nasser, President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970 and considered one of the greatest Arab leaders in history, failed six times during his first nine years of schooling. The reason for this? Politics. Nasser became interested —
1 Aug 2012
Pablo Picasso: Best Modern Artist
Picasso is not only one of the best known modern artists, but also the most prolific — with about 13,500 paintings, 100,000 prints and engravings, 34,000 book illustrations and 300 sculptures. Given that many of the prints
28 Jul 2012
Walt Disney: The True Creator
Walt Disney, the creator of Disneyland and Mickey Mouse, spent most of his childhood days playing on a farm. His father’s ill health led to the family selling their farm and moving to the city. There, they