The Tale of Juliet: You Have the Power to Change Your Life

by Jhet Torcelino-van Ruyven

Profound and compelling remarkable story of one woman's example of the power of the human spirit. Read this book and be inspired to achieve your goals beyond your wildest dreams.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 2005

Reviews

[Aida Fonollera · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a memoir, rags to riches story of Juliet. The third (second died at a young age) among eight children from parents who earned their living from ordinary labor. As young as four or five they were taught at an early age how to make money by selling everyday goods among the neighbors. While some kids are still in bed, they are miles away from their house early in the morning to pick up their goods and come back home to sell them before they go to school. On one of her birthday she was gifted by her father, this rarely happens, with an object she thought was a book, this turned out was a piggy bank. Her father later wrote and titled it “The Tale of Juliet”. It became so special for her, showing them off to friends and family on every occasion. Whatever happened with the object, through the years, lost and forgotten, only memories of it remained. Whether she had saved money that made her rich wasn’t the story. It was her journey. After working in Yemen and together with her future husband, they moved to Canada where she became a top seller of Discovery Toys and much later put up a business in their hometown. Today she is coach and sought after speaker in North America.

For Juliet, living in a nipa hut, drenched in water when its raining while in bed, walking barefoot, going around house to house in their neighborhood selling bread or vegetables seems it was just yesterday because today she lives in a high rise building, driving a car, going on cruise. Awed at this maybe called drastic, she wants to share it with others and hoping she’ll be an inspiration.

[Kristina Ligaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good book. If you are interested on the journey of life of someone and at the same time u want to learn while u read, then i think this is a good book recommendation.

[Argel Tiburcio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lessons I learned: Putting God and prayers first, having vision, recognizing opportunities and having a " do whatever it takes" attitudes toward worthy life goals. Jhet is truly inspiring!