1. Li Ka-shing

Li Ka-shing was born in 1928 into a family in Mianxian Lane, Beimen Street, Chaoan County, Chaozhou, Guangdong. Li Ka-shing, who had just entered junior high school, moved to Hong Kong with his family, and the family stayed at the home of his uncle Zhuang Jing'an.

On December 8, 1941, the Pacific War broke out, and the British army in Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese army. The Hong Kong dollar continued to depreciate and prices soared, making the Li family's life increasingly difficult. At this time, his father Li Yunjing contracted lung disease due to overwork.

In the winter of 1943, Li Yun died of illness. In order to support his mother and three younger siblings, 14-year-old Li Ka-shing was forced to drop out of school and enter the society to make a living. His fellow villagers who knew how to read fortune-telling thought he had "lazy eyes and a thin frame." , it may not become a big success in the future."

Li Ka-shing first worked as an apprentice making tea and sweeping floors at his uncle Zhuang Jing'an's Zhongnan Watch Company. In August 1945, Japan surrendered. Li Ka-shing was transferred to a watch shop on Kosheng Street as a clerk and learned the skills of watch assembly and repair. Li Ka-shing, who was only 22 years old, used 7,000 US dollars saved from his usual frugality to establish the Yangtze River Plastic Factory in Shau Kei Wan.

In 1958, Li Ka-shing built the first industrial building in North Point, Hong Kong Island. He built a 12-story factory building and officially entered the real estate market. In 1960, a second industrial building was built in Chai Wan, and Li Ka-shing's career quickly moved towards glory.

2. Roosevelt

US President Roosevelt focused on cultivating children's independent personality. He has a famous saying: "In front of my son, I am not the president, just a father." He is opposed to children living a parasitic life relying on their parents. He left the children to fend for themselves in their own right.

The eldest son James traveled to Europe when he was 20 years old. Before leaving, he bought a good horse and then sent a telegram to his father for help. The father said: "You and your horse come back from swimming!" The son had to sell the horse to pay for his journey home. After World War II started, Roosevelt's four sons all went to the front line. When their father died of illness, they all stayed on their respective warships to see their father off in this special way. ?

3. Einstein

In 1791, Einstein was born in the home of a poor blacksmith on the outskirts of London. My father's income was meager, he was often sick, and he had many children, so he didn't even have enough to eat when he was a child. Sometimes he could only eat one loaf of bread a week, and of course he couldn't go to school.

When Edison was 12 years old, he went to the streets to sell newspapers. While selling newspapers, I also learned to read from the newspapers. When he was 13 years old, Einstein entered a printing factory as a book binding apprentice. He was binding books and learning at the same time. Whenever he had spare time, he would read through bound books. Sometimes even on the way to deliver goods, he would watch as he walked. After several years of hard work, Einstein finally took off his illiterate hat. Gradually, Faraday could read more and more books. He began reading the Encyclopedia Britannica, often reading it late into the night. Long-term efforts made him a world genius.

4. Huang Guangyu

Huang Guangyu was born on May 9, 1969 in Fenghu Village, Chaoyang District, Shantou City, Guangdong. During the Land Reform, his father was discriminated against due to his background as a landlord, so he left his hometown and took refuge in Zeng Cuo in Fenghu Village. Later, he married Zeng Chanzhen; his mother, Zeng Chanzhen, was a famous overseas Chinese businessman in Thailand. However, the Zeng family also suffered from the decline in the land reform, the Cultural Revolution and other social movements. fall. By the time Huang Guangyu was born, his family was already in poverty.

Huang Guangyu often and his brother Huang Junqin picked up rags and garbage to make up for the household expenses. Huang Guangyu's four brothers, brother Huang Junqin, sisters Huang Xiuhong and Huang Yanhong, were all deeply influenced by their mother Zeng Chanzhen. Due to environmental constraints, Huang Guangyu dropped out of junior high school. At the age of 16, he followed his brother Huang Junqin to go north to Inner Mongolia to make a living. From then on, his entrepreneurial career began. At this stage, Huang Guangyu took electrical appliance sales as his entrepreneurial field. After success, it was renamed "Gome Electrical Appliances".

5. Zhang Haidi

Zhang Haidi suffered from spinal hemangioma when he was five years old and became a high paraplegic. As a result, she never went to school. She began to learn knowledge by herself with tenacious perseverance since childhood. She successively taught herself professional courses in primary school, middle school and university.

When Zhang Haidi was fifteen years old, she was sent to a poor village in Shen County, Liaocheng with her parents, but dedicated her youth with an optimistic spirit. There she taught children in the village primary school, overcame various difficulties to learn medical knowledge, and enthusiastically treated the villagers with acupuncture. During her stay in Shenxian County, she treated more than 10,000 people free of charge and received enthusiastic praise from people.

6. Edison

Edison came from a humble background. His "education" was that he had only attended elementary school for three months in his life. The teacher was always dumbfounded by his weird questions. He actually told his mother that he was a fool and would have no future.

Edison achieved great success through personal struggle and extraordinary talent. He is self-taught, and with perseverance, rare enthusiasm and energy, he stood up from thousands of failures, overcame countless difficulties, and became an American inventor and entrepreneur. He invented the automatic telegraph machine and the phonograph.

Experimented and improved electric lights and telephones. During his life, he invented a new invention every 15 days on average, so he was known as the "King of Inventions".