{"id":684,"date":"2020-04-11T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivity.rate.com\/?p=684"},"modified":"2020-05-14T15:03:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T15:03:05","slug":"lessons-from-my-grandfather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivity.rate.com\/?p=684","title":{"rendered":"Lessons From My Grandfather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"688\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/positivity.rate.com\/?attachment_id=688#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/positivity.rate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lessons-Front-Cover-scaled-e1587588254350.jpg?fit=200%2C305&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,305\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;wpcplinking&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lessons-Front-Cover-scaled\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/positivity.rate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lessons-Front-Cover-scaled-e1587588254350.jpg?fit=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/positivity.rate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lessons-Front-Cover-scaled-e1587588254350.jpg?fit=200%2C305&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/positivity.rate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lessons-Front-Cover.jpg?resize=671%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-688\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lessons from My Grandfather: Wisdom for Success in Business and Life<\/strong><br><em>by Marc Demetriou <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019re never too young or too old to make your dreams come true\u2026to\nchoose to be what you want to be.&nbsp;<em>Lessons From My Grandfather<\/em>&nbsp;shows\nhow you can achieve success and fulfillment in life by following 15 timeless\nprinciples handed down by Marc Demetriou\u2019s grandfather, Haralambos Georgiou\nPistis\u2014or just \u201cCharlie.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Ellis Island immigrant, Charlie left his country at just 16\nwith nothing but a bag full of dreams, his wits, and the desire to succeed \u2013\nand he transformed his world. Through his steadfast willingness to work hard,\nand a determination to control life rather than allowing it to control him,\nCharlie succeeded on his own terms, finding happiness and financial\nsecurity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In these pages, Demetriou tells Charlie\u2019s inspirational story,\nthen applies his lessons to today. The result provides both clarity and vision\nfor helping you recognize your unique talents, along with lifelong principles\nthat will allow you to identify and reach your goals in life and business. This\nbook is an essential blueprint that you can use for today and tomorrow. As\nDemetriou likes to call it, \u201csuccess made simple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out an interview with the author <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/steveadubato.org\/author-inspired-by-his-grandfather-s-hard-work-and-wisdom.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <br>Soft cover, audio and eBook are available on Amazon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By our very own Loan Officer, Marc Demetriou.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-books","has-excerpt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/positivity.rate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lessons-Front-Cover-scaled-e1587588254350.jpg?fit=200%2C305&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivity.rate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivity.rate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivity.rate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivity.rate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivity.rate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/positivity.rate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivity.rate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivity.rate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivity.rate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivity.rate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}