Opening Doors
eBook - ePub

Opening Doors

How Daring to Ask For Help Changed My Life (And Will Change Yours Too)

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Opening Doors

How Daring to Ask For Help Changed My Life (And Will Change Yours Too)

About this book

'Whatever ideas, plans and dreams you have, you've got to go for them! Be your biggest supporter, learn to eradicate the doubts in your mind, embrace the rejections and start opening doors...'

Reggie Nelson had a tough childhood growing up on a council estate in east London. His father suddenly died and his mother had to work multiple jobs just to get by. But when she had to collect Reggie from a cell where he, at only 12, was being held for troublemaking, he knew he needed to change. After catching an episode of How'd You Get So Rich?, Reggie was inspired to get any advice he could to help him turn his life around. So, he got on a train to London's most affluent areas and started knocking on doors. What he found was more powerful than he thought possible - and changed the course of his life.

Inspiring, moving and empowering, Opening Doors is a story of how the power of guidance, visibility and mentoring can give anyone the platform to learn and succeed. Because when one door closes, another door will always open...

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Prologue
  7. Chapter 1: Growing Up
  8. Chapter 2: School
  9. Chapter 3: ā€˜Olders on the Estate’
  10. Chapter 4: A Change
  11. Chapter 5: Bad to Worse
  12. Chapter 6: The 3am Call
  13. Chapter 7: The Catalyst
  14. Chapter 8: A New Page
  15. Chapter 9: Trip to Kensington
  16. Chapter 10: A Breakthrough
  17. Chapter 11: The Trillion-Dollar Powerhouse
  18. Chapter 12: An Opportunity
  19. Chapter 13: Higher Education
  20. Chapter 14: Self-Doubt
  21. Chapter 15: ā€˜Internships are Like Gold!’
  22. Chapter 16: The Final Hurdle
  23. Chapter 17: Being in the Room
  24. Chapter 18: Plan B
  25. Chapter 19: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way
  26. Chapter 20: Going Viral
  27. Chapter 21: Lights, Camera, Action!
  28. Chapter 22: ā€˜Request from the Prime Minister’
  29. Chapter 23: Making Voices Heard
  30. Chapter 24: The Power of Mentoring
  31. Chapter 25: Today
  32. Acknowledgements