Paulo Coelho | True Motivational short story
“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it”
Paulo Coelho’s parents forbade him from writing still he refused to conform and wrote in secret. When he was 17, his parents committed him to a mental asylum. he escaped three times. Paulo Coelho spent his 20s and 30s living life like a hippie and wandering the world aimlessly.
He set out a journey to find the deeper meaning of life. It took him on a pilgrimage to Spain.
Paulo waked for hours every day on the 500-mile road of Santiago de Compostela. He meditated and looked to gain insight into the truths of life. It was a spiritual awakening. Paulo realized it was time to follow his dream once and for all.
At nearly 40 years old, he wrote his first book. A year later, he wrote the Alchemist in only two weeks. The book flopped. Crushed but still not ready to give up. Paulo started knocking on doors begging for people to read his book. His breakthrough would mean nothing if he couldn’t share it with the world.
And then…
It happened, just like in the book.
He found a publisher ready to take a chance on him. The publisher couldn’t explain why he said yes…
It was just an intuition. Today, 65 million copies of “The Alchemist” have been sold worldwide. Paulo holds the Guinness World Record for having the most translated books.
He’s impacted over 150 million people and publishes at least one novel every 2 years. Whenever Paulo travels, he continues to find beauty in the world and the people within it and has even reconciled with his parents.
He found a publisher ready to take a chance on him. The publisher couldn’t explain why he said yes…
It was just an intuition. Today, 65 million copies of “The Alchemist” have been sold worldwide. Paulo holds the Guinness World Record for having the most translated books.
He’s impacted over 150 million people and publishes at least one novel every 2 years. Whenever Paulo travels, he continues to find beauty in the world and the people within it and has even reconciled with his parents.
He found a publisher ready to take a chance on him. The publisher couldn’t explain why he said yes…
It was just an intuition. Today, 65 million copies of “The Alchemist” have been sold worldwide. Paulo holds the Guinness World Record for having the most translated books.
He’s impacted over 150 million people and publishes at least one novel every 2 years. Whenever Paulo travels, he continues to find beauty in the world and the people within it and has even reconciled with his parents. Paulo Coelho connected the dots of his struggle to create his own meaning.
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