Women of Character

Dear Friends,

I do hope you enjoyed reading my last post about the wealth of character and one person who has a lot of character is J.K.Rowling. Don’t you think so? I truly admire her for her incredible imagination, writing skills, knowledge of Latin and rags to riches journey to incredible wealth and fame. She has inspired the world to believe in the triumph of good over evil, and the hidden greatness within all of us. She wrote her first book while a single mother on welfare with a manual typewriter. She creatively used her own sorrow and struggles in life to make money, gladden the hearts of children and adults alike taking them on a fantastic journey lasting decades. Her books have been an unbelievable money spinner through movies, magazines and merchandise. According to the UK Rich list she is the world's richest author and her net worth is $1 billion. She is the only career author to have been on the Forbes Billionaire list. But as Michael d'Estries put it "Author of the Harry Potter series is no longer in the billionaire club - thanks to being an incredible person." She has donated around $160 million to those in poverty, children welfare, multiple sclerosis and illiteracy. 

"You have a moral responsibility when you have been given far more than you need to do wise things with it and to give intelligently."

Another lady to inspire you is Louann Lofton the author of the investment guide ‘Warren Buffet invests like a girl and why you should too’. Having lost her father at the tender age of 14 she was forced to manage her own finances intelligently. She has followed the Buffet style of investing by being “greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy”. Her greatest opportunity came during the 2008 crash in the market. She says “I had to keep reminding myself that awful times in the market are, seen correctly, great opportunities to pick up shares of excellent companies at ridiculously discounted prices…I bought more shares of Apple Computer at US$139.88, and it’s trading around US$520 today, giving me  a 270% gain. I also bought more shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill at US$57.18, which is now trading at around US$296 a share giving me a return of about 395%,”.  

So what are you waiting for?
1. Write that book you'v had in your mind for so long 
2. Start saving for a long deserved holiday
3. Read about how to invest wisely 
4. Invest in some good stocks  

and last but not least build up your character to be someone of integrity.

 "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve" - Napoleon Hill in Think and Grow Rich

With much love,