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Driven: From Mudhouse To Mansion
Even though I grew up in a mudhouse, I remember my mother kept it impeccably clean.
All we knew as kids was conflict. It was around us all the time. Growing up with my family in a Middle Eastern war zone, we were very close. My brother and I shared everything.
We had no choice.
Although my parents are all gone, their memory and influence remain with me.
Years later, I found success in the business world. I started out in corporate America, then built my exciting career as an entrepreneur.
I often look back fondly on my past, and reflect on how I became the man that I am today: a Doctor, a happy family man, a millionaire.
How did I get here? Driven is an inspirational memoir of my life’s journey... From mudhouse to mansion.
All we knew as kids was conflict. It was around us all the time. Growing up with my family in a Middle Eastern war zone, we were very close. My brother and I shared everything.
We had no choice.
Although my parents are all gone, their memory and influence remain with me.
Years later, I found success in the business world. I started out in corporate America, then built my exciting career as an entrepreneur.
I often look back fondly on my past, and reflect on how I became the man that I am today: a Doctor, a happy family man, a millionaire.
How did I get here? Driven is an inspirational memoir of my life’s journey... From mudhouse to mansion.
320 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 10, 2019
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August 1, 2021
Raafat Zaiter's memoir about growing up in Lebanon during war time, migrating to America and earning his PhD could have been so much more; yet it read like a collage course syllabus; a heading, a few lines of explanation and on to the next topic. His story truly is amazing if he only told it.
He was in the US for about 7 or so years before he returned home for three weeks to see his family in Lebanon, yet his time returning back home took all of 3 pages. We learn his parents travel to the US for the first time and no description of their experience or feelings about the country are indicated. He and his wife Mary, who is a main character throughout the book and to whom it appears he adores and vise versa divorce after years and years of marriage and the author briefly states, we grew apart as some couples do. What? I don't know how this book received 5 stars; it is nothing more than a chronological checklist of the author's strife's and accomplishments.
He was in the US for about 7 or so years before he returned home for three weeks to see his family in Lebanon, yet his time returning back home took all of 3 pages. We learn his parents travel to the US for the first time and no description of their experience or feelings about the country are indicated. He and his wife Mary, who is a main character throughout the book and to whom it appears he adores and vise versa divorce after years and years of marriage and the author briefly states, we grew apart as some couples do. What? I don't know how this book received 5 stars; it is nothing more than a chronological checklist of the author's strife's and accomplishments.
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