Becoming Great Novels & Stories

"My organization seeks partnerships with visionary businesses and individuals who aspire to transcend mediocrity and elevate their endeavors to extraordinary heights. If you dream of global recognition and the chance to receive the highest accolades bestowed upon humanity while amassing a fortune, let me introduce you to what the future could mean for you. Some are born champions, others carve their paths to greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them unexpectedly. Actual achievement often emerges from profound sacrifice; greatness thrives not in selfishness but in the humility of surrender. The measure of one’s power lies in one's capacity to concede. Greatness is not the absence of

I was no naive damsel! I heard him chuckle. In the next second, the room turned dark. With the change in position, all I could see was his moving Adam’s apple. “Want to give it a try?” My mind went blank, and I thought, ‘Will I still get paid if I try?’ A second passed. Then, two. Then, three. Shaun lay down. He turned around and fell asleep. I glared at his back and wanted to bite him in half. “I don’t know whether a company president can really make another company go bankrupt within seconds, but if you don’t cover yourself, you’re bound to catch a cold.”

Sara asked hesitantly, the weight of her new responsibility sinking in. “Of course me,” Margaret said, a flicker of panic crossing her face. “I… I taught her myself. Your mother is… good, but first you need a makeover.” Sara nodded, understanding immediately. Back in the mountains, she’d dressed simply, carelessly. But now… she had to become Cara Johnson the model, the celebrity, the persona the world recognized.

And yes, money helps people advance themselves further while making sweeping world changes. Then this information is for you. I believe some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice and is never the result of selfishness. The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender. Greatness is not flawlessness: it shines through your flaws. So if you really want to be great, it's time to wake up flawless. Enclosed inside was a separate note and a picture. Flawless was written on it. In his line of business, he had received many letters and invitations from females, but not quite like this on

- I help out as much as I can, I'm not rich, but I can afford health insurance and a good school for my niece, but it's precisely because I take the jobs that the others don't want that I do well, I take so many small and fast jobs that I end up earning in quantity and not in greatness, I'm building my name this way, you could use this tactic at work too. - I already had this plan, Ladislau, my professor, explained that we started in the effort to reach success, that today he is a professor in a college, but he was once the guy who just wrote the documents for the big name lawyers, so he learned from the best to become the best. - A very smart teacher, follow the advice of older people at wo

Something made me want to tell the truth to her. I shrugged my shoulders. “I just wonder sometimes if I’ve really done anything to be proud of,” I told her. “I mean, really all I’ve done is take over the life that my father built.” Audrey shook her head. “I can’t imagine how tricky it must be to keep a small mom ‘n pop store alive in this day and age. Especially given economic recessions and everything else. Especially in a small town like Aberdeen.” She shrugged. “I don’t know, I just think it’s pretty impressive.”

As for the sirens on the other table, I taunted them with my angry gaze pivoted at them, that withdrew them of their superficial notions. I nonchalantly concluded my meal by leaving my spotty table, the complete mess that it is. I passed Jake before hitting the ground running and whispered to him unequivocally, “You should take your job seriously so that people would take you too.” I love Liam so much, but I’m also doing this for Jake’s welfare. Needed to be harsh, so the message would sink in. MONDAY MORNING.MIDTERMS WEEK. I slept, ate, and bathe with my notes etched in my memory, hoping I would be able to regurgitate them once the papers lands on my desk. I’ll make myself proud once more.

It was better than saying the wrong thing. "You need three things you don't have yet," Diane continued. "Capital that isn't tied to a single lucky streak. Someone who can move property fast without your name spooking the seller. And someone who builds things, not just buys them — because eventually 'the kid who survived the Lacostes' has to become 'the man who built something,' or the story gets old." "And you're going to hand me all three?" "I'm going to introduce you to all three. What happens after that is your problem." She almost smiled. "That's the difference between a lawyer and a fairy godmother."

And this was called inheritance. Her own name had gone on the program documentation three weeks earlier, three weeks till she graduated and whenever she looked at it on the printed page it felt like the word was settling more completely into its flesh. It wasn't the work of words to wield, but the true passport of what she had built.

I interrupted. 'That mincemeat thingy fish stuff was incomprehensible bollocks, Vera. Is that why you lot do so well in politics?' 'Don’t be so cheeky! Where did you learn to write business plans?' 'Where did I learn it? A quick Internet search saved our bacon and a tolerable A-level in business studies. There are several institutions, including the EU, who have recommended formats for business plans. ‘When,’ would be more apposite? I started yesterday, after tea.'