Les Brown All of Us are Self Made, But Only the Successful will Admit It.”

Take me baaaaaack!

Let me tell you, it’s pretty darn remarkable what seven days in paradise can do.

I love my job, so getting me to pack a bag, close my laptop, and hop on a plane ain’t easy. But after last week’s epic recess to the island of Maui, I can see how calling a time-out every now and then can be a wonderful refresher for the mind.

I lounged by the pool, swam in the ocean, watched 6 sunsets, snorkeled with the fishes.

It was dope. If you haven’t been, go!



While I was underwater, an interesting debate exploded on the internet.

Apparently, a picture of Kylie Jenner on the cover of Forbes Magazine has a way of pissing people off. Especially when the caption makes reference to the 21-year-old soon becoming the youngest-ever “self-made” billionaire.

Yeah, referring to the cosmetics magnate as “self-made,” although she was born into an uber-wealthy family, doesn’t tend to go over so well.

There’s something that feels kinda absurd about attributing self-made status to the privileged.

I mean, not many of us can drop $250K on our first round of product and promote it to 100 million Instagram followers.

At the same time, I’m 100-percent certain that not many of us could handle a single hour of the criticism and vitriol this young woman has been reading in her social media comments since she was 13.

Self-made? Maybe not, in the traditional sense.

Strong as f*ck, with skin thicker than a bowl of oatmeal?

Willing to take the hits and keep moving forward?

Absolutely.

You go girl.

There are four words that I wish we’d say more often … and really mean them … instead of looking for reasons for why THEY could and why we can’t:

I’m happy for you.

Today on The Quote of The Day Show, Les Brown reminds us that all of us are self-made … but only the successful will admit it.

Watch today’s full clip here.