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You never know where greatness will come from—just check out the stories of nine ordinary people who changed history. CEO of OnFire Books, Tammy Kling has always had the urgency to write. It’s not because she wanted to be famous or sell a lot of copies (although she has thousands of followers and is a best-selling author). Her urgency comes from a real need to speak to a reader one-on-one. When Kling was seven, her father committed suicide. She says, “My number one mission is suicide prevention.” (Check out this amazing story of a suicide that was prevented.) The message of “never give up” comes up often in the books she works on. Through her role at OnFire Books, Kling helps top executives, celebrities, and other noteworthy influencers tell their stories in hopes to help someone else. Perseverance is a common theme in life advice from revolutionary individuals. Before starting her company from scratch, she worked many grueling jobs—such as being an airline stewardess and hostess at Chili’s Bar and Grill. Her very first job was scrubbing toilets at an office building, a gig that was supposed to teach her the value of hard work. She’s now against the idea of making kids do dirty work. She says, “Leadership is about leading, not punishing.” This value is reflecting in a key aspect of OnFire Books’ homeless writer’s division in which homeless shelters are given inspirational reading material and the people facing homelessness are given the opportunity to transcribe interviews and life stories from top executives. She says, ” If you know you want to change lives and you’re not doing it, you have to take a step.”
Her words of wisdom: What matters is who we are, not what we do.
Ready for more inspiration? Read life advice from Steve Jobs, Shonda Rhimes, and J.K Rowling.
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