Famous Failures PEOPLE WHO SHOWED GRIT THROUGH THEIR

Famous Failures PEOPLE WHO SHOWED GRIT THROUGH THEIR STRUGGLES AND ARE NOW WELL KNOWN TODAY

WALT DISNEY WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MOST FAMED IN THE WORLD THROUGHOUT HISTORY. HOWEVER BEFORE THAT, HE HAD BEEN FIRED BY AN EDITOR FOR “LACKING IMAGINATION” AND HAVING “NO ORIGINAL IDEAS”. HE DIDN’T GIVE UP AND WENT ON TO OPEN THE “DISNEY BROTHERS STUDIO” WITH HIS BROTHER ROY THAT LATER EVOLVED INTO THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY. WALT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN ANIMATION AND IS CONSIDERED A WORLD LEADER IN ENTERTAINMENT.

MICHAEL JORDAN IS A FORMER PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER AND ALSO THE OWNER OF THE CHARLOTTE HORNETS TEAM. CALLED “THE GREATEST BASKETBALL PLAYER OF ALL TIME, ” JORDAN’S PROFESSIONAL CAREER IS SOMETHING FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS, WITH A GAME PLAY THAT WILL LIKELY BE UNMATCHED AND UNRIVALED FOR DECADES TO COME. AT THE AGE OF 15 -YEARS OLD, A SOPHOMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL, JORDAN WAS PASSED UP FOR THE VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM. HE CRIED AFTER HE SAW THAT LIST WITHOUT HIS NAME ON IT. BUT INSTEAD OF GIVING UP, HE PUSHED FORWARD. EVERY TIME HE THOUGHT ABOUT STOPPING HIS TRAINING, HE WOULD PICTURE THAT LIST WITHOUT HIS NAME ON IT. HE IS CREDITED FOR ONCE SAYING “I’VE MISSED MORE THAN 9, 000 SHOTS IN MY CAREER. I’VE LOST ALMOST 300 GAMES. 26 TIMES, I’VE BEEN TRUSTED TO TAKE THE GAME WINNING SHOT AND I’VE MISSED. I’VE FAILED OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN MY LIFE. AND THIS IS WHY I SUCCEED. ”

MARK CUBAN IN HIS EARLIER YEARS, HE WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SALES AND BECOMING AN ENTREPRENEUR, LEARNING HOW BUSINESS WORKED. AT THE AGE OF 24, HE MOVED TO DALLAS, COMING IN A CAR WITH A HOLE IN THE FLOORBOARD AND IN SEARCH OF FINDING SOMETHING HE WAS GOOD AT. AFTER FAILING NUMEROUS TIMES, HE DECIDED TO START HIS OWN COMPANY, MICROSOLUTIONS THAT SOLD SOFTWARE FOR COMPUTERS AND GREW IT TO HAVE A REVENUE OF $30 MILLION. WITH THAT, HE CREATED BROADCAST. COM AND SOLD IT FOR OVER $5. 7 BILLION IN STOCK. TODAY HE IS THE OWNER OF THE DALLAS MAVERICKS AND STAR OF THE SHOW SHARK TANK.

J. K. ROWLING IS THE AUTHOR OF THE HARRY POTTER SERIES OF BOOKS. SHE HAD A VERY TOUGH CHILDHOOD, WAS DENIED ACCEPTANCE TO OXFORD UNIVERSITY, AND STRUGGLED AT MANY OTHER THINGS IN HER LIFE. AFTER WRITING THE FIRST BOOK IN THE HARRY POTTER SERIES, ALL OF THE 12 MAJOR PUBLISHING HOUSES SHE SUBMITTED HER BOOK TO REJECTED IT. SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE INITIAL IDEA FOR THE YOUNG WIZARD, THE FIRST BOOK WAS FINALLY PUBLISHED. BY 2004, ROWLING HAD BECOME THE FIRST AUTHOR TO BECOME A BILLIONAIRE THROUGH WRITING A BOOK.

THOMAS EDISON WAS THE INVENTOR OF THE PHONOGRAPH AND A COMMERCIALLY-VIABLE INCANDESCENT LIGHTBULB. AFTER FAILING 10, 000 TIMES ON WORKING TO INVENT THE LIGHTBULB, HE WAS FINALLY SUCCESSFUL! AT ONE POINT, WHEN ASKED BY A REPORTER WHETHER HE FELT LIKE A FAILURE AFTER SO MANY FAILED ATTEMPTS, HE SAID, “I HAVE NOT FAILED 10, 000 TIMES. I HAVE NOT FAILED ONCE. I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN PROVING THAT THOSE 10, 000 WAYS WILL NOT WORK. WHEN I HAVE ELIMINATED THE WAYS THAT WILL NOT WORK, I WILL FIND THE WAY THAT WILL WORK. ” AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, HE HAD 1, 093 PATENTS TO HIS NAME.

OPRAH WINFREY HAD A VERY TOUGH CHILDHOOD, BUT OVER THE YEARS FOUND A LOVE FOR MEDIA. SHE TOOK A JOB AFTER COLLEGE AS A NEWS ANCHOR BUT WAS LATER REMOVED BECAUSE THE PRODUCERS TOLD HER SHE WAS UNFIT FOR TV. SHE RELOCATED TO ANOTHER CITY AND TOOK OVER ANOTHER SHOW THAT EVENTUALLY EVOLVED INTO “THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW”. TODAY, SHE IS A MULTI-BILLIONARE. “Every stumble is not a fall and every fall does not mean a failure. ” - Oprah

MILTON HERSHEY AFTER HAVING SEVERAL FAILING JOBS, INCLUDING MANY IN THE CANDY INDUSTRY, HE STARTED STUDYING DIFFERENT CANDIES AND OPENED HIS OWN CANDY BUSINESS. THE FIRST ONE THAT HE OWNED HE EVENTUALLY SOLD FOR OVER 1 MILLION DOLLARS. THIS LEAD TO HIM OPENING THE HERSHEY COMPANY WHICH IS NOW ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CANDY COMPANIES WORLD WIDE TODAY.

SOICHIRO HONDA’S EARLIEST DAYS WERE ANYTHING BUT EASY, AND YET, IT WAS HIS PERSEVERANCE AND HIS TENACITY TO NEVER GIVE UP THAT KEPT HIM GOING. HE DID NOT HAVE A FORMAL EDUCATION AND LEFT HOME IN SEARCH OF WORK THAT HE LATER FOUND AT AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP AT THE AGE OF 15. IT WAS HERE THAT HE LEARNED ABOUT AUTOMOTIVE AND RETURNED HOME TO OPEN HIS OWN SHOP. HE FOUNDED HIS OWN BUSINESS IN CREATING PARTS THAT HE EVENTUALLY SOLD TO TOYOTA, THAT RESULTED IN ULTIMATE FAILURE. HOWEVER, REFUSING TO GIVE UP, HE WENT BACK TO SCHOOL AND CONTINUED TO SEARCH FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE DESIGNS. HE SUCCESSFULLY FULFILLED A CONTRACT WITH TOYOTA, AND OPENED HIS OWN FACTORY. THE FIRST FACTORY HE OPENED WAS HIT BY A BOMB IN WORLD WAR II THAT HE REBUILT A SECOND TIME, TO HAVE IT LEVELED BY AN EARTHQUAKE. NOT WILLING TO BE DEFEATED, HE CREATED A MOTORIZED BICYCLE THAT WOULD BECOME THE START TO THE HONDA MOTORCYCLE.

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN LOVED MUSIC BUT WAS TURNED DOWN MANY TIMES. DURING HIS CAREER, HE LOST HIS HEARING BUT KEPT GOING! THINK OF HOW HARD THIS WOULD BE FOR SOMEONE WHO WROTE MUSIC! HE WENT ON TO PRODUCE GREAT MUSIC AND REMAINS VERY WELL KNOWN FOR HIS WORKS TODAY. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF HIS COMPOSED MUSIC. HTTPS: //WWW. YOUTUBE. COM/WATCH? V=HPAV 0 N YM_EM

ROBERT T. KIYOSAKI AN ENTREPRENEUR, INVESTOR, POPULAR AUTHOR OF THE “RICH DAD POOR DAD” BOOK SERIES, AND FOUNDER OF THE RICH DAD COMPANY THAT PROVIDES EDUCATION ABOUT FINANCES TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS. YET BEFORE ALL OF THAT, HE FACED A NUMBER OF FAILURES IN COMPANIES HE STARTED, FROM WALLETS TO T-SHIRTS AND HATS THAT RESULTED IN BANKRUPTCY. IT WASN’T UNTIL THE AGE OF 50 THAT HE PENNED THE RICH DAD POOR DAD SERIES WHICH HAS SOLD OVER 26 MILLION COPIES AND HAS BEEN TRANSLATED INTO FIFTY ONE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

STEVE JOBS THE LATE STEVE JOBS WAS AN ICONIC BILLIONAIRE, INVENTOR AND ENTREPRENEUR RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED AND SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES TO HAVE EVER BEEN CREATED — APPLE COMPUTERS. YET, JOBS’ LIFE WAS FILLED WITH FAILURE. JOBS CO-FOUNDED THE COMPANY OF APPLE COMPUTERS AND LATER HIRED ON SOMEONE WHO WOULD LEAD JOBS TO LEAVE THE COMPANY. HE ENDED UP STARTING A SEPARATE COMPANY AND WOULD LATER COME BACK AND BUY BACK THE COMPANY OF APPLE COMPUTERS, LEADING TO THE CREATIONS OF IPADS, IPHONES, AND MANY OTHER DEVICES.

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