Bob Williamson was born in 1956 and is an American. He ran away from his home in Mississippi at the age of 17 because of his father’s job,

which required frequent moves between countries. He found himself addicted to alcohol before he had even turned 10, and later became addicted to marijuana

and heroin toward the end of his school years. His poor behavior and conduct led to his expulsion, after which Bob became homeless, wandering across the country without

shelter or food. He was then forced to work as a cleaner for a company, earning $15 a week.

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Things Get Worse:

Bob moved to Atlanta at the age of 24. He was then involved in a car accident, which led to a six-month hospital stay. He was left

in a poor psychological state and considered suicide because of the difficulties he expected to face after leaving the hospital. This led him to accept a job at a paint company.

Despite the low-level nature of the job, his criminal record—which had followed him since early in his life—made it difficult to find a position suited to his abilities and experience. His job required him to

apply labels to paint containers, a task that demanded a great deal of effort. But he was determined to succeed and spared no effort, never complaining about the work

or its difficulty. The company’s executives greatly appreciated this, and decided to promote him repeatedly. He received eight promotions in just two years.

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From Employee to Business Owner:

Bob was able to help the company he worked for transition from manual labeling to automated labeling using computer systems. There, he began learning the basics of

chemistry and chemical materials, and met many chemical specialists. This enabled him to work for two other paint companies. Bob then decided to

take a risk and buy $1,000 worth of paint to create new formulas that did not yet exist. He then presented them to artists and employees at paint companies.

Until an idea came to him: after gaining work experience, he would start his own company.

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Bob Williamson’s bankruptcy:

At first, Bob struggled to run his new company. He needed people to help organize the work and manage the business in a way that would ensure its

competitiveness and success. But with limited capital and high management salaries, Bob decided to rely on technology instead of people,

so he hired two programmers to develop software to help organize and manage the company’s operations. This was done, but over time Bob discovered that

the accountant responsible for managing his finances had deceived him and embezzled his money, submitting false and misleading reports about the company, which led to

After going bankrupt, Bob owed money to many customers and asked them not to sue him in exchange for a weekly report on what he sold and bought. But that did not help him

at all with paying off his debts.

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Finding the best solution to the problem:

If Bob gave up, he would go to prison and spend many years in a place he knew well and absolutely did not like. So he decided to find a way to earn

money to repay what he owed. After searching extensively, he realized that the management software he owned could be sold to businesses and government agencies to help them

manage their operations. He decided to sell the software and offered it to the U.S. military, schools, and hospitals. He succeeded in selling large quantities of it

and made so much money that he never expected to earn such a large profit.

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Founding Horizon Software:

From Bob Williamson’s experience, he found that working in software was much easier and more rewarding than working in paint. A single software program might not cost much to create,

and it could be sold in large quantities with ease—especially if it offered real value to customers and helped them solve some of their

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and useful software, which he named “Horizon.” His thinking proved right: the company sold many programs and grew significantly over time,

and its stock value rose until it became one of the world’s largest software companies.

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The lesson from Bob Williamson’s success story:

He became addicted to alcohol and drugs at a young age, went to prison, and accumulated a lengthy criminal record. He had no chance of getting

a good job like other ordinary people. But when he got a difficult, exhausting job, he decided to express himself through his work and improve his behavior.

He earned the admiration of his managers and was promoted many times, until he realized he could start his own company in a field he had come to know well. This was, of course,

more than remarkable—it was a major success. Unfortunately, after establishing a company and achieving some success, the man himself was swindled and embezzled from by

a dishonest employee who worked for him. This led to his bankruptcy and left him owing money to many people, putting him at risk of going back to prison. But he did not

want to fall and give up. He seriously looked for a way out of his problem and succeeded, earning a great deal of money and working to establish another company in

In a different field, he stood out, achieved many successes, and even became one of the world’s wealthiest people. In doing so, he transformed from a drug addict and a failure

and a burden on society into an exceptional person who contributes to society. We hope you’ll take something—even a little—from this man’s success story.