Are individuals born to be successful? Do money, education, and high IQ guarantee achievement? How do creativity and entrepreneurial genius emerge? Are they acquired or inherited? "The Bell Curve is wrong", claims author Gene Landrum. "In fact, too much money, education, or IQ is counterproductive to achievement". According to Landrum, nurture, not nature, is at the root of all great success in life. The world's outstanding power brokers and creative geniuses are bred, not born. Profiles of Power and Success shows that energized creative geniuses are self-motivated and driven individuals who learn how to be great. Landrum presents a psychobiographical analysis of fourteen powerful individuals who rose to the top of their professions, changing the world in the process. These visionaries channeled their talents through six distinctive outlets to realize their individual creative potential: Artistic Power - Frank Lloyd Wright and Pablo Picasso; Business Power - Helena Rubinstein and Rupert Murdoch; Entertainment Power - Isadora Duncan, Walt Disney, and Edith Piaf; Humanistic Power - the Marquis de Sade, Maria Montessori, and Amelia Earhart; Political Power - Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler; and Technological Power - Nikola Tesla and Howard Hughes.

Presents a psychobiographical analysis of 14 individuals who rose to the top of their professions and changed the world, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Helena Rubenstein, Edith Piaf, Nikola Tesla, and Amelia Earhart. Their stories reveal that factors such as emulation of great people, manic behavior, rebellion, and mythological hero mentors are important for success. Includes b&w photos.
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This high-powered volume shows that energized creative geniuses are self-motivated and driven individuals who learned how to be great. This book departs from The Bell Curve to motivate all who dare to reach for success and power in their own lives.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-406) and index.