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There's always a path for you

There's always a path for you

By orlando hanafeePublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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He was born on November 19, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York, to a working-class family. Since childhood, his eloquence is very clumsy, even if a simple sentence, he always stammered, not clear. From primary school to high school, his academic performance has been very poor, every time the test, English is less than 70 points, the oral reading part even often failed, and even the teacher said that he can only get a diploma.

After graduating from high school, he did odd jobs for several years, successively as a porter, a bag of popsicles, a car delivery, a wash-work in a bathhouse, and a UPS company as a mailman. However, because he is not good at communicating with people, he did not hold any job for more than half a year.

When he was 19, he decided to go into the sea. With $4,000 borrowed from friends and relatives, he opened a restaurant in a small town in New York. Because he is not good at management, this venture, he almost lost.

When he was 21, he and a friend started a joint venture to open a wholesale seafood department in San Francisco, which failed again due to a lack of business acumen.

At that time, almost the darkest period of his life, he even had suicidal thoughts. Facing the decadent son, the mother kept reassuring him: we can't know more because of "talking". So if you want to know something today, the first thing you need to do is "listen" and then express yourself well. From then on, he began to study hard and began to try to actively communicate with others.

At the age of 22, he moved from New York to the southern city of Miami to work as a janitor at a small local radio station. During that time, every holiday, he would go to the countryside to practice his English pronunciation, Shouting into the valley and river as if no one was watching. Later, taking a cue from a book, he often even spoke with something in his mouth, to produce the correct tone.

By chance, a host in the station fell ill. He had the honor to host the program of the day and was praised by the director and the audience. From then on, he joined the ranks of the host. He has become famous in the industry for his humorous hosting style, pungent topics, ability to take care of the emotions of interviewees, ability to open up their conversation without notice, and ability to improvise well.

In 1985, CNN caught his eye and offered him a lucrative job as a host. Starting that year, he hosted a live show on CNN, which quickly became a hit. His talk show became the world's first talk show to receive calls from a global audience, and it went on to become one of the network's highest-rated programs.

He has interviewed more than 50,000 famous people, including heads of government, business titans, entertainment Kings, and social leaders around the world. According to bin Laden's Pakistani biographer, Hamid Mir, the terror leader said he often watched his live broadcasts because "I had to monitor the activities of my enemies through these channels." It's a glimpse of how influential the show has become.

CNN President Jim Walton once described him as "our most recognized face, and one of the most recognized faces in the country."

He's larry king, CNN since its establishment 30 years ago, he broadcast host "larry king live" success for 25 years, and was "Guinness book of world records as the world's longest night television talk show, show affected the generations of Americans, larry king himself by American time magazine called" overlord "microphones.

There are never two identical leaves in this world. On the road of life, there will inevitably be many setbacks and tribulations, but the most critical point is to never be discouraged after failure. Everyone is not worthless, like Larry King, in this world, there is always a path for you.

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