This story is dedicated to the life of Earl Nightingale.
Without discussion, one of the most famous motivational speakers ever lived. Earl's life was a combination of compelling stories that describe resilience and discipline through hard work and persistence.
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Early years
Earl was born in a poor community part of Long Beach California on 12th of March 1921.
Even though there aren't any official documents or birth certificates to actually prove this statement,. It has been told by his daughter in the biography about Earl's life.
Earl was born one of three brothers in a hard-working family with strong values and a hard-working mother and father.
Everything was going well until the Great Depression struck the US in the early 1930's.
Struck by disaster
After recovering from the already devastating great depression that lasted for several years, disaster was to strike even more...
Around March 10, 1933, days before Earl's 12th birthday, he suddenly felt the earth shaking when walking home from the city.
Earl stood still as he watched how houses collapsed and the sky turned black and purple.
A huge earthquake struck the city, leaving a devastating trail of utter destruction... Luckily, the Nightingale family was unharmed themselves, but their scarce belongings didn't survive the destruction...
The Nightingale's family house was fully destroyed, and the father's family restaurant was forced to shut down.
As the family moved to what was called ''emergency tent city'' Earl's father suddenly also left the family out of devastation.
Earl, his two brothers, and his mother were left on their own to survive...
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Never give up
Earl didn't hesitate to start providing for his family and took on the job of delivering newspapers in his teenage years. After his work he used the time to go to the free local library to study philosophy and how to achieve a successful life.
One day cycling back from the library, he stopped at the beach, which always calmed his mind when he needed time to reflect on everything that had already happened to him. Little did he know this was the day that would inspire his future life.
Earl saw a big military ship approaching the shore; on the ship was written, USS Navy. He suddenly felt an urge for discovery and dreamt about how those men on that boat visited so many places and experienced so much that life had to offer.
At the age of 17 he pursued this urge by applying for a job in the US Navy and quikly got accepted. After a while, at the age of 18, he was sent out to guard Navy ships in the Pacific.
But disaster struck once more...
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Opportunity out of disaster
In 1941, while on the ship, Earl saw military planes with Japanese flags approaching the ship. Many stood looking confused at the sky as they saw the planes closing in every second...
What followed was utter devastation as it unfolded in the event known today as Pearl Harbor.
After the attack Earl Nightingale was one of the 12 survivors on his ship...
When returning from the battlefield, Earl was offered an easier job for the military as a local radio host.
As speaking about interesting subjects about setbacks in life had always intrigued him, Earl accepted the opportunity once more, and this time it changed his life for the better!
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The book that changed everything
After achieving some recognition from his radio program, Earl came upon the book "Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill '.
He read it often and it gave him inspiration to also write his own book with an audio format to tell his life stories. And so he did with the creation of his book called The Strangest Secret.
After creating the book Earl started his company, Nightingale Conant, in 1960 which successfully promoted the book to over a million copies sold worldwide. The Nightingale brand began to become an official staple in stories of success and motivation.
This combined perfectly with Earl's late-night radio programs,
which led up to 7,000 different programs and over 250 full length audio recordings.
After all those years of hard work and struggle,
Earl gained massive recognition all over the world and was awarded a spot in the National Speakers Hall of Fame in 1976.
This made Earl even more motivated, as he started writing his second book which was published in 1985,
Not only was this book also a major success, but it also got recognition from the Napoleon Hill Foundation with a golden medal of literacy!
Earl lived his life to continue his mission of inspiring and motivating people over the radio and became known as world's most famous motivational speaker.
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Earl Nightingale may have passed away in 1989 at the age of 68 years old. But his story will live on forever in the hearts and minds of people who are chasing their dreams and want to fulfill their purpose in life.
The story of Earl Nightingale reminds us that even when things get really hard, never give up believing.
Because maybe one day, everything can turn your life around.
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