Time for a story about being a good person and how that plays out
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He was abandoned by his father at 3 years old and grew up with 3 different stepfathers. He is dyslexic. His dream of becoming a hockey player was shattered by a serious accident. His daughter died at birth. His wife died in a car accident.
His best friend, River Phoenix, died of an overdose. His sister has leukemia.
And with everything that has happened, Keanu Reeves never misses an opportunity to help people in need.
When he was filming the movie "The Lake House," he overheard the conversation of two costume assistants; One cried because he would lose his house if he did not pay $20,000 and on the same day Keanu deposited the necessary amount in the woman's bank account;
He also donated stratospheric sums to hospitals.
In 2010, on his birthday, Keanu walked into a bakery and bought a brioche with a single candle, ate it in front of the bakery, and offered coffee to people who stopped to talk to him.
After winning astronomical sums for the Matrix trilogy, the actor donated more than $50 million to the staff who handled the costumes and special effects - the true heroes of the trilogy, as he called them.
He also gave a Harley-Davidson to each of the stunt doubles. A total expense of several million dollars. And for many successful films, he has even given up 90% of his salary to allow the production to hire other stars.
In 1997 some paparazzi found him walking one morning in the company of a homeless man in Los Angeles, listening to him and sharing his life for a few hours.
Most stars when they make a charitable gesture they declare it to all the media.
He has never claimed to be doing charity, he simply does it as a matter of moral principles and not to look better in the eyes of others.
This man could buy everything, and instead every day he gets up and chooses one thing that cannot be bought: To be a good person β₯ οΈ
#KeanuReeves is an everyday Hero...Well, maybe he is an exceptional Hero...
This holiday season Be a Hero, Buy some Wine, or coffee and help support those everyday Heroes in your life
Kevin McCullough, the man who correctly predicted the winning election maps since 2006 (when no one else did) just posted his prediction map for 2020 election: @realDonaldTrump what are your thoughts?
Maybe you have failed in your past yet do not let your past failures dictate your current mindset...
Here Are Some Stories of Super Successes Who Overcame Failure
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Steve Jobs was booted from his own company.
Steve Jobs is an impressive entrepreneur because of his boundless innovations, but also because of his emphatic comeback from an almost irrecoverable failure. Yeah that Steve Jobs who founded Apple one of the largest companies period
Jobs found success in his 20s when Apple became a massive empire, but when he was 30, Appleβs board of directors decided to fire him.
Imagine that your company, your baby, your life's work being taken away from you...You think he was sad? Probably...What did he do?
5 Epic Entrepreneurs Overcoming Obstacles & Real Rejection
Want to be inspired to keep charging when times are tough?
Here is a story you need to read
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If you're a bootstrapped business owner or co-founder, you are quite familiar with humble beginnings and bootstrapping your business to greatness. No matter how great your startup ideas are you'll face stormy skies, rough roads, flash floods, obstinate obstacles,
and real rejection during your quest to grow your company. While the challenges are inevitable, how you react to obstacles and rejection in business is what really counts.
We've all heard of the rags to riches stories that so many entrepreneurs have lived to tell about...
Overcoming Challenges in Life: How Abraham Lincoln Defeated Depression
When you think you are alone in your struggles and no one has ever been there before here is a story of overcoming challenges in life
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Recognized as one of our countryβs greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln is well known for his impressive accomplishments, including preserving the union during the Civil War and signing The Emancipation Proclamation into law to end slavery.
He is less known for his ability to overcome a significant and ever-present obstacle in his lifeβclinical depression.
We all have our bad days and that makes us all the #SameHere
I have known @tailopez for a few years and watched him grow his personal brand.
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He hustles hard and has earned every penny he has ever made.
He has friends in his life like Alex Mehr who have been there for the whole ride. That says a lot. Good friends who are high character speak volumes of who you are.