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“Do not let circumstances control you.
You change your circumstances.”
—JACKIE CHAN

Every story in this book proves Jackie Chan’s quote. You can control your
circumstances in great ways and gain control of your life and your future.
My own journey with investing has been amazing, and I’m glad every day
that I stepped into a world that was entirely foreign to me.
I was a theater major in college and was a successful private fitness
trainer for many years with no background in the stock market at all. One
day, a client asked me about a supposedly hot new nutritional beverage. The
client was also excited about the company as a possible stock investment.
Not knowing anything about stocks or the market, I bought Investor’s
Business Daily (IBD) to do a little research on the company.
When I was checking out this “hot stock tip,” I noticed an ad in the paper
for a free workshop with IBD Chairman and Founder William J. O’Neil, so
I decided to attend. Bill spoke about stocks and the market in a way that
made sense to me. He talked about innovative companies that were pro-
ducing new products or services that were in great demand and, as a result,
had soaring earnings and sales. The information seemed logical and didn’t
sound like a bunch of hype, so I began subscribing to the paper. I quickly
realized how well the CAN SLIM Investing System worked (which you will
learn about in the book) and what an incredible newspaper IBD was for
finding winning stocks!
At that time, the newspaper was delivered in the evening to my home. I
would look out the window every five minutes until I saw the delivery guy
drop it on my driveway. I’d run out as soon as it was delivered and sit in bed
circling stock candidates the way Bill taught us to in the free workshop that
I had attended. It was almost unbelievable to me how good the newspaper
was for finding winner after winner.

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