We came across this article for Junes issue of Success Magazine and couldn’t wait to post it online for you! Emmit Smith gives us good examples of what it takes to move forward.

1. Going along with what was a natural ability.

2. Surrounding yourself with people who will help direct your dreams.

3. Chasing opportunities.

We hope you were as inspired as we read when we read this, enjoy!

By Don  Yaeger for Success Magazine

Emmitt Smith has run past legends, danced with stars and posed for the sculptor crafting his Hall of Fame bust. He’s built upon his athletic talents by working hard, seizing opportunities and reaching out to others for advice when he needed it.

“Football was something that was very natural for me,” the former Dallas Cowboy tells SUCCESS. “I knew that if I did the things that I needed to do, there was a good chance that I could have a long and hopefully prosperous career on the field. And, fortunately for me, it worked out that way. Still, from Day One in the NFL, I was always preparing for life after football. I understood that football was just a vehicle to take me to the next part of my life.”

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Steve Ells dreamed of opening a gourmet restaurant. But first he needed a cash cow. That’s how he got seriously sidetracked. – By Margaret Heffernan

As founder of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Steve Ells has never come across advice he couldn’t ignore, conventional wisdom he couldn’t flout, a rule he couldn’t break.

“I was always quite rebellious and did things my own way,” recalls Ells. “Friends said Mexican food is cheap-you can’t charge $5 for a burrito. But I said this is real food, the highest-quality food. Friends said you can’t have an open kitchen, but I wanted the restaurant to be like a dinner party, where everyone’s in the kitchen watching what’s going on. They said people have to order their meal by number. But I said no, you have to go through the line and select your ingredients. And everyone gave me grief over the name: Nobody’ll be able to pronounce it!”

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Nia Crooks has teamed up the Board of Ed & Homeless shelters in the tristate area to bring a experience to the underprivileged teens in her hometown NYC area. She started a charity called Prom-It-Forward and has asked PushyDreamers to help in reaching out to see if any makeup artist & or hair stylist that would like to do hair & or makeup as a charity for Prom-It-Forward.

Not a makeup or hair artist and still want to help? Any Dresses, suits or shoes donated will receive a receipt for a tax write-off.

For more information and volunteer opportunities in helping with the process of getting them ready please email Nia Crooks at thepieholeinc@gmail.com

“It`s not the load that breaks you down, it`s the way you carry it.”

Lena Horne, Jazz Singer Who Broke Color Barriers, Dies at 92

By Laurence Arnold

May 10 (Bloomberg) — Lena Horne, the jazz singer who broke color barriers in Hollywood and fought for civil rights during a seven-decade career that took her from the Cotton Club in Harlem to Hollywood and the Broadway stage, has died. She was 92.

She died yesterday at the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, the New York Times reported, citing her son-in-law, Kevin Buckley.

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Two college kids cart trash to make some cash–and end up creating an empire.

Photographed by Peter Frank Edwards/ReduxNick Friedman and Omar Soliman have a simple motto: Keep it fresh, keep it fun.

It’s the universal cry of parents, generally heard by the second day of college breaks: “Get a job!” Omar Soliman’s mother joined the chorus; she was not about to have her son hanging out at the neighborhood pool all summer. “You have to do something,” she told him.

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Her first dream was to be a dancer. Growing up in New York, she was inspired by “Snake Hips” Tucker, studying his serpentine moves and practicing them constantly with friends. Then, one fateful night at the Apollo Theater in 1934, the headlining Edwards Sisters brought down the house with their dancing. Amateur Hour began immediately after, and a 16-year-old Ella Fitzgerald stepped on stage, but was too intimidated to dance. Instead, she sang “Judy,” silenced the awestruck crowd, and won first prize. It was the beginning of one of the most celebrated careers in music history.

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Willie Jolley: The Comeback King, By Liz Davis
A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS AGO, motivational speaker and author Willie Jolley was an award-winning jazz singer who made his living as a nightclub feature performer. One autumn evening, just after Jolley had delivered two exceptional performances in a row, the nightclub owner called him into the office and promptly let him go, citing the club’s need to cut the significant cost of a high-caliber singer like him, not to mention his backing band. Though Jolley couldn’t have realized it at the time, this bitter pill was actually the beginning of unimaginable future success.
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