The first three places have been occupied by some very good and uplifting motivational videos. The last video, Steve Jobs’s speech at the Stanford University, is one of those life-changing kinds.

Today it’s time for yet another incredible story. The story of a woman who got from rags to riches by doing what she loved. Writing and fantasizing.

She’s the most popular children book author the world has even seen. Yes, you guessed it, she is Joanne Kathleen Rowling (J.K. Rowling).

Ms. J K Rowling was born on July 31st, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England. Her given name at birth was Joanne Kathleen. Ms. Rowling has one sister, Di, who was born 2 years after J K.

It is interesting to note that Ms. Rowling claims that she has actually been writing since she was 5 or 6 years old. Her first story, called Rabbit, was filled with interesting characters, such as a large bee called Miss Bee.

Ms. Rowling, along with her parents and sister, moved twice while J K was growing up. While at one of their homes, close to Bristol and in Winterbourne, she had friends next door whose last name was Potter. J K never forgot the children, or the last name, which she liked very much.

When she was nine years old her family moved again to Tutshill. Ms. Rowling attended a primary (grade) school in Tutshill, and later attended Wyedean Comprehensive. Ms. Rowling describes herself as being shy, freckly, with no natural athletic ability but a great love of literature. Later, when she graduated from Wyedean Comprehensive, she attended Exeter University. Here Ms. Rowling studied French after her parents encouraged her into what they believed would be a wonderful career as a bilingual secretary. After graduation, however, it didn’t take Ms. Rowling long to realize that she was not meant to be a secretary. Self described as “the worst secretary ever, very disorganized”, she found it increasingly hard to remain attentive during meetings, actually writing story ideas instead of taking notes as she had been instructed.

When Ms. Rowling was 26 years old she moved to Portugal to be an English teacher. Ms. Rowling has been quoted many times as saying she loved teaching English, often teaching in the afternoons and evenings so that she could be free to work on her writing during the mornings. It was during this period that she began working on a story about a ‘wizard”.

That wizard story turned out to be her ticket to success. These days almost everyone in the civilized world has heard at least once about the famous wizard she created, Harry Potter.

This woman is strengthening my belief that in life it doesn’t matter what you do, it matters how you do it. The Harry Potter books aren’t necessarily writing cameos, but she definitely has put a lot of energy and passion into them and that is the reason why they became so successful.

The following video(s) is Rowling’s biography, and I can tell you that after watching it you’ll have gained a little bit more hope in your life.

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