Tom McPhaul

04/11/2026

Your life can change in a single day. Not gradually — dramatically. In ONE day.

Jim Rohn's life changed when he was 25, broke, and couldn't afford Girl Scout cookies for his daughter. That disgust became his turning point. He decided. He acted. Within six years, he was a millionaire.

Today's article is about that moment — the day that turns your life around. When disgust becomes decision, and decision becomes action.

This is Jim's most confronting teaching. But if you're ready for real change, read it.

www.jimrohn.com/wisdom/articles/the-day-that-turns-your-life-around

04/11/2026

The billionaire who revitalized Brooklyn’s waterfront went from working on a farm to building a real estate empire worth billions. Here are the lessons he learned on his hard knocks journey: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kirkogunrinde/2026/04/05/six-lessons-from-a-david-walentas-billionaire-who-once-sold-his-blood-to-buy-food/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social

📸: David Yellen for Forbes

04/11/2026

How these entrepreneurs and entertainers went from sleeping in cars and flopping on friends’ couches to becoming some of the most successful people in America: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicajacolbe/2026/04/09/once-homeless-they-are-now-among-the-nations-most-successful-self-made-americans/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social

📸: David Berding via Getty Images; Martin Schoeller/August; MEGA/GC Images; Alexi Lubomirski/Trunk Archive; Francois Durand via Getty Images; Danielle Levitt/August; Ethan Pines for Forbes; Martin Schoeller

04/11/2026

Before the polo ponies and global runways, Ralph Lauren was sharing a two-bedroom apartment with his family of six.

Long before he built a global fashion empire, Lauren grew up in the Bronx with his immigrant parents and three siblings. His trajectory from a crowded upbringing to becoming a defining figure in American entrepreneurial capitalism is exactly why he earns a spot on the list of greatest living self-made Americans.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2026/04/09/forbes-self-made-250-the-greatest-living-self-made-americans/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social
Photo: Mark Seliger/August

04/11/2026

04/11/2026

Before he was a tech mogul and "Shark Tank" icon, Mark Cuban was teaching disco lessons to pay his way through Indiana University and sharing a one-bedroom apartment with five guys. He didn't have a bed, but he had a vision.

Mark Cuban has ranked among the greatest living self-made Americans: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2026/04/09/forbes-self-made-250-the-greatest-living-self-made-americans/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social
Photo: Guerin Blask for Forbes

03/06/2026

Vietnam And Texas

11/25/2023

If there’s a single belief that seems almost inseparable from success, it’s that THERE IS NO GREAT SUCCESS WITHOUT GREAT COMMITMENT.

We see this in any field, even those where natural ability would seem to have the strongest hold. If you look at individuals with proven, LASTING success, you’ll find they’re not necessarily the brightest, or the fastest, or the biggest. You’ll find they’re the ones who are UNSHAKEABLE in their COMMITMENT.

10/11/2023

Focus on what you can control. Let go of everything else.