EMMY AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST, BYRON PITTS, SHARES HIS LIFE’S STORY TO INSPIRE THOSE WHO MAY THINK “THEY CAN’T”
Byron Pitts, is the chief national correspondent for the CBS Evening News, an Emmy-Award Winning Journalist, and a “60 Minutes” contributor. His success is a result of hard work, dedication, faith, and the presence of a number of helpful people along the way who helped him through personality and learning difficulties.
Byron was painfully shy as a child, had a bad stutter until he was 20, and was diagnosed as functionally illiterate at the age of 12. Before that it was suggested that he might be placed in a “special needs” program. Despite these challenges and with help, Byron made it through high school and college, and on to realizing his dream of a career in television journalism. All the while holding these challenges secret and living with shame.
This is all laid out in Byron’s book entitled Step Out on Nothing How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life’s Challenges. It is an intimate telling of how he overcame what others might consider insurmountable hardships. His story is written to acknowledge those in his life who gave of their time and energy, on nothing but faith. They did so to help him overcome his life’s challenges so that he could follow his dream.
Byron also opens a window to his past so that we may see based on his experiences that we are not alone on this journey in life and that others will step in to help us over the rough spots if we let them.
Additionally, Step Out on Nothing is Byron’s leap of faith that his story may be a source of inspiration to a young child or an adult with a secret of their own that is holding them back from realizing their dream.
We say Byron Pitts is “feeding his good dog” with Step Out on Nothing, and has improved himself to improve the world.
And, remember…Feed Your Good Dog, so your good dog always wins!
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Step Out on Nothing Book Review, By Kam Williams
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