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     A few days ago I finished a book Living The Dream – No Excuses, By Larry Winters. This book is an autobiography by Larry Winters, in which he shares on how he became from a low class person, to a successful person in just five years. Larry was not a very bright student in school, he graduated high school but did not go to college. He always struggled financially through his life. By the the age of 24, working with his wife at a car wash, Larry Winters was struggling to get by. He decided he needed to make a change for the better, so he seized control of his life and, day by day, built his own business. He started to gather all the money he can. When he managed to gather his money, he opened his own car wash business. At first he was losing money when he first opened the car wash. As time went by, things started to get better and better. He had to be more competitive and determined in order to compete with his competitors. After two years he opened his car wash, he managed to open a second location then later a third location. He was doing very good in terms of business. Now after five years he has nine locations within the city. Now he is financially stable and happy. I believe the authors intent was that if you work hard enough, you can make it big in life. He started as a car was worker with his wife, now he owns nine car was locations. Along the way, he learned many lessons about sacrifice, personal responsibility, determination and independence. The authors used chronological order pattern, he explained events from when he was a child till his adult life.