{"product_id":"success-and-self-discovery-a-business-memoir-with-insightful-tips-and-personal-development-advice-that-will-help-any-entrepreneur","title":"SUCCESS AND SELF-DISCOVERY: A BUSINESS MEMOIR WITH INSIGHTFUL TIPS AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT ADVICE THAT WILL HELP ANY ENTREPRENEUR","description":"Hard-Earned Lessons on Business, Resilience, Reinvention, and Life\n\nMost successful entrepreneurs and professionals share one thing in common: at some point in their lives, they found the courage to take a chance on themselves.\n\nFor some, that moment comes after losing a job. For others, it follows a disappointment, a setback, or simply the realization that they are capable of accomplishing more. Whatever the circumstance, growth frequently begins when we step out of our comfort zone and move toward a life of greater purpose, independence, and fulfillment.\n\nWhy should you read this book?\n\nSuccess and Self-Discovery speaks directly to that moment. It is the story of building a business with hardly any money, confronting setbacks, and learning that lasting success demands more than ambition. It demands clarity, discipline, resilience, and the willingness to think for yourself.\n\nWhether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a seasoned business owner, or thinking about making a career change, this book will inspire you to define success on your own terms.\n\nSteven M. Stroum understands that journey firsthand.\n\nAfter losing his job, Stroum started a business with only a few hundred dollars and spent nearly five decades building a successful company, surviving economic downturns, publicizing thousands of products, advising business owners, and learning firsthand what it truly takes to build both a business and a meaningful life for yourself.\n\nBut Success and Self-Discovery is about much more than building a business.\n\nIt is the story of one entrepreneur's journey to discover that achievement and fulfillment are not always the same thing. Stroum candidly shares the triumphs, setbacks, risks, disappointments, and personal struggles that shaped his life. He writes honestly about entrepreneurship, family relationships, self-discovery, depression, purpose, and the unexpected lessons learned while pursuing success. Along the way, he offers practical insights and lessons on sales, marketing, publicity, leadership, persistence, and the emotional realities behind building both a business and a happy life.\n\nMost surprising of all, he reveals how achieving the success he had spent years pursuing led not to fulfillment, but to a period of depression that ultimately sparked deeper self-discovery and personal transformation. At the heart of the book is the belief that ordinary people are often capable of far more than they imagine.\n\nThis book is for:\n\n• Entrepreneurs and small business owners\n• Professionals seeking greater independence and purpose\n• People rebuilding after setbacks or job loss\n• Women seeking to reinvent themselves and build a more independent life\n• Readers struggling with self-doubt or low self-esteem\n• Anyone searching for more meaning, confidence, fulfillment, and direction\n\nPart memoir, part business guide, and part personal growth journey, Success and Self-Discovery is a story about entrepreneurship, personal growth, and the realization that true success is not measured by how others define it, but by the fulfillment, independence, purpose, and happiness that you create for yourself.\n\nReaders have praised Success and Self-Discovery for its authenticity, honesty, practical business tips, insightful wisdom, and emotional depth.\n\nAccording to Writer’s Digest\n\n“The lessons Stroum shares from his life and his business processes will be relatable and valuable to folks with a similar mind frame and who are looking to create their own opportunities. He tells these experiences well and thoroughly. Folks in business book clubs or on their own entrepreneurial adventures would enjoy this read and benefit from Stroum's experiences.”\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0CFX6DXKT\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0CFX6DXKT.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:STROUM, STEVEN M.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43141384175677,"sku":"BVV.B0CFX6DXKT.VG","price":9.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0CFX6DXKT-0.jpg?v=1777582538","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/success-and-self-discovery-a-business-memoir-with-insightful-tips-and-personal-development-advice-that-will-help-any-entrepreneur","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}