Aaron Tucker had been out of prison for seven days. He had less than $2 in his pocket and one shot at turning his life around, a job interview that morning. Then he saw a car flip over and catch fire from his bus window.
He asked the bus driver if he was going to help. "No, but if you get out I'm going to leave," the driver replied. Tucker got out anyway.
He sprinted toward the upside-down, smoke-filled car and found the 61-year-old driver covered in blood.
He unbuckled the man's seatbelt and dragged him clear as the car started to catch fire.
He pulled off his own dress shirt and used it to stop the man's head wound from bleeding, telling him: "You're going to be all right. Your family wants to see you. Keep your eyes open."
The bus left. Tucker missed his interview.
When the story got out, strangers set up a GoFundMe that raised over $50,000 in three days. He also received multiple job offers in construction.
"I feel like a job can come and go, but a life is a one-time thing," Tucker said. "The job just wasn't in my mind at that time."
bro immigrated from Mexico and took a $28/hr contract welding job in 2015.
didn't even know what SpaceX was.
they gave him $10,000 in stock and let him buy more through payroll deductions.
that stake is now worth $880,000.
and he's one of 4,400 employees who became millionaires on Friday. welders. technicians. cafeteria staff.
Kobe Bryant reveals exactly why so many athletes go broke a few years after retirement
"Once you retire you don't have that source of income coming in. Even if you save over a 15-year career, if your spending habits remain the same, eventually that well is going to run dry"
"For us athletes the retirement age is 32, 34, if you're lucky 37 like myself. What comes next?"
"The question needs to be, what is my passion. Not where I can create the most value or generate the most revenue, but what is my next passion"
"When you find that next passion, then everything else will make sense"
"But that's the hardest part for us"
"We have to constantly learn. Our mantra is value growth, because to grow you have to constantly learn, constantly move, constantly improve"
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When @MarkRicht took the Miami job, he made it a point to visit the local youth teams. It wasn’t necessarily going to pay off during his tenure, but he did it for the long-term health of the program.
The young man to his left is still throwing up the U. Malachi Toney.
In Wisconsin, a graduate was forced to stop on stage when his diploma couldn't be found.
That's when the school said a person traveled thousands of miles to deliver it to him.
It was his sister, returning from military service, for over a year. ❤️
If you walk into the emergency department at Chippenham Hospital, you might think you’re seeing double. No, it’s not déjà vu — it’s just the Jasper twins doing what they do best.
#BlackDoctors#Twins#BlackMen
Kevin Garnett says Dwyane Wade taught LeBron James on how to be a superstar👀
“Wade taught him how to be a superstar. Wade taught LeBron way more than people wanna give him credit for. He (Wade) had won already. He (Bron) didn’t know how to win — he was a young superstar who played with a bunch of B n***as — he ain’t play with no n**** like D-Wade…he (Wade) got Bron more nasty — he’s finna whoop Chalmers, he ain’t ever do no sh*t like that. He (Bron) always wanna be nice, dancing and taking pictures — you remember Bron in Cleveland before he got to D-Wade? Man D-Wade made him nasty, he made him a f*cking problem. If D-Wade not on that team — we might’ve beat a Bosh/Bron team…D-Wade was that big of a presence…”
(via @kg_certified)