Against All Odds - David Anderson

Lessons learnt from David's success:
1. become a small-business owner - a businessman
2. follow your childhood dream - what was your passion when you were a kid?
3. forays into the business world can be successful at times but oftentimes it will fail
4. never give up on your dreams
5. problems are opportunities for a new life
6. the best advertisement is word of mouth
7. to be the best, visit all your competition, taste/use all their products, personally make/cook your product. Do all this to pursue the best you can produce.
8. your success is worth more because it provides jobs and opportunities to so many people
9. adversity will help make you stronger and wiser
10. live your life in gratitude
11. your higher purpose should be to make a positive difference in the lives of others
12. you are here to serve.

Quote: At night, I remember gazing into the heavens, thinking about the billions and billions of stars that sparkled in the northern sky. I wondered if my life would shine brilliantly like one of the bright stars above, or if my life would be like one of the billion stars that just faded off into the vastness of space. Determined to shine brilliantly, I followed my childhood dream . . .