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Here's your success mentor, Darren Hardy.

Do you ever feel uncertain about what kind of lasting impact you're going to make on this world?

Well, you might be surprised, just as Howard Hill would be.

Howard Hill was acclaimed only once in his life.

When he was a small boy, he sang for Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace.

But shortly after that, his voice changed.

So that was the end of his singing career.

And yet, still a boy, he began to demonstrate a degree of artistic skill. After a while, he was supporting

himself as a portrait painter. Howard promised himself that as soon as he could scrape enough

money together, he would leave England, travel to the United States, and seek his fortune.

And when the Civil War was over, Howard did travel to the United States and made his home

in New York yonkers,

to be exact. Howard aspired to open a studio, specializing in portraits and landscapes. However,

his dream was abruptly curtailed. As time passed, he found himself the father of 12. Apparently,

there was something he was good at. The responsibility of feeding a large family

prevented him from saving enough money to open his studio. So Howard stayed at the bottom of the

artistic totem pole. He learned that the animal portraits were popular. So he went door to door

asking each resident if they wanted their favorite household pet to be painted. Occasionally,

someone requested a portrait of the dog in the family. Wealthy farmers were inclined to have

their prize-winning cows or pigs immortalized on canvas. Now Howard painted those animals in great

detail. That became his trademark. For a dog or cat, each hair was meticulously represented,

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