3. THE BUSINESS KING Born September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine Primarily known for horror fiction BA in English High school teacher First hit novel: Carrie “Artists starve not because they aren’t talented but because they often have no idea how to make money.” “The guy (Stephen King) is a terrific businessman who leverages his success to broker creative and unusual deals in an industry not known for its flexibility, speed or inventiveness.”

5. MR. WALT DISNEY Born in Chicago, Dec.5, 1901—grew up on a farm High school dropout Artist “Somehow I can’t believe there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C’s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of these is confidence. When you believe a thing, believe it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.” “When we consider a project, we really study it—not just the surface idea, but everything about it. And when we go into that new project, we believe in it all the way. We have confidence in our ability to do it right. And we work hard to do the best possible job.” “Happiness is a state of mind. You can be happy or you can be unhappy. It’s just according to the way you look at things.” Walt Disney did not listen to naysayers. His wife and two of his most trusted friends urged him to not produce a movie ( Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs )

6. WHAT CAN I LEARN FROM THIS? Get people to help you when you need it Be confident Believe in yourself—all the way. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt