wealth: What I Lacked in Qualifications I Learned to Make Up with Courage - 03/01/16 02:12 AM

Whenever I hear others telling people the formula for success, I always snicker to myself. My rise to fame was so un-formulaic, I cannot even tell you. My story starts almost 65 years ago on the South Side of Chicago, where I grew up.
I (unlike what most of you probably imagine) was not born into a family of wealth. My mother worked as a secretary who sold Avon on the side. My father was a chicken plucker, who sold live chickens when I was young and later owned a deli.
The truth is my dad spent most of his years being ill … (2 comments)