| Conscious business people understand that | | | | learn to speak with her hands. Helen Keller did not |
| success is not measured by the old 20th Century | | | | succeed alone. |
| method of how many people you had to climb | | | | Sojourner Truth was a black slave of a Dutch |
| over to reach the top. It is based on how many | | | | family in New York. Most of her children were |
| people reached the top because you impacted | | | | sold away from her before they reached 5years |
| their life. | | | | of age. When her youngest son was sold away |
| There was a movie made in the 70's called | | | | she was determined to get him back. Even |
| Mahogany. And in one scene the actor Billy Dee | | | | though she could not read, write or speak good |
| Williams said to Diana Ross, who starred as | | | | English (due to strong Dutch influence), with help |
| Mahogany, "Success is nothing without someone | | | | she did get her son back and went on to meet |
| you love to share it with." | | | | president Lincoln. Sojourner Truth did not succeed |
| When you understand that success is not a | | | | alone. |
| solitary journey, but one that is most valuable | | | | Henry, Helen and Sojourner understood what it |
| when traveled with integrity, friends, family, | | | | meant to live a conscious life even during their |
| causes, partners, challenges, collaboration, love, | | | | time in history. Here we are in the 21st Century |
| forgiveness, gratitude, joy, giving, determination, | | | | with every conceivable technological gadget and |
| growth, education and faith. When you pack your | | | | gismo you can imagine. We are more connected |
| suitcase and set out on your journey to reach a | | | | than ever before with countless opportunities to |
| particular dream, leave room for all these aspects. | | | | impact one another's lives. |
| What can we learn from these unlikely 19th and | | | | What will be your "Impact" on the world? How will |
| 20th Century Visionaries & Conscious | | | | you travel towards your goal or dream? Who are |
| Entrepreneurs? | | | | you becoming? How are you leading? |
| Henry Ford may have come up with the idea for | | | | Many choose the trail already blazed, unlike Henry, |
| the assembly line, but he could not work every | | | | Helen and Sojourner each of whom had to blaze |
| point along the assembly line. He had to hire many | | | | the trail and lead the way making a path for |
| employees to work his assembly line. Henry Ford | | | | others to follow. Imagine that, they were |
| did not succeed alone. | | | | conscious entrepreneurs even before the term |
| Helen Keller was blind, deaf and mute. She | | | | was phrased. |
| achieved many great things, but she had parents | | | | "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the |
| who knew Alexander Graham Bell and he knew | | | | one less traveled by. And that has made all the |
| of school that had a teacher who could help Helen | | | | difference. |