10 famous people who ignored failures and found success

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10 Famous People Who IgnoredFailures And Found Success

People gaining overnight success is a wonderful story we love to hate, get motivated by

and dream of. But success is not always something one can achieve just by a clap of the

hands. Some never find it, while some, just like Sisyphus, have to climb the metaphorical

mountain and dont give up in front of the failures. Some personal trainers and self-help

coaches often describe success like a work in progress. And just as any piece of work, it

sometimes meets drawbacks, fails, mistakes and so on. Today we will meet ten famous

(incredibly famous we might say) people who have been told they will never get where

they were headed, professionally or personally speaking, people who counted an

incredible great number of failures before achieving their life mission. These peoplegained world wide respect and now they look back and teach us the lesson of patience,

perseverance and courage to follow our dreams. So lets listen to their stories.

1. J.K Rowling

A writer that needs no presentation any longer and a person richer than the Queen of

Great Britain. Freshly divorced, broke and having to raise a child on her own, she was

writing the firstHarry Potternovel on a typewriter, secretly dreaming of becoming a

superstar. It took 12 rejections until one merciful editor accepted her manuscript,

advising her, nonetheless, to focus on getting a job, because children books dont sell sogood. Compared to her, Stephen KingsCarriewas rejected around 30 times. Lesson?

Fight for your dreams, at some point, they might come true.


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3. Albert Einstein

The man didnt quite speak until four years old and was suspected of mental disabilities,

since he didnt read a word until seven. Yet he is the scientist who changed the world.

Sometimes you dont have to be a child prodigy to become a genius. Maybe genius needs

to stay quiet for a while and to concoct before spreading out in the world.
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4.Stephen Hawking

His greatest success? He lives! Against all odds, medical warnings and predictions,

against his own body, against his own faith, his will power to live and breathe and become

what he is now made this man into an icon for the saying that nothing is impossible.

One of the greatest scientists in all times, wed never have the knowledge and the

dedication to find more knowledge if Hawking wouldve given up and let his organism fail

him.


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5. Vincent Van Gogh

Today, one of his around 800 paintings is worth around 140 million dollars.

Unfortunately, this great artist didnt have the opportunity to taste the success and the

glory during his life time, only postmortem. While he was still alive, he sold only one

piece to a friend. He faced illness, poverty, seclusion. And while not being the best

example, as we all want to have success while we can still enjoy it, in one live piece

preferably, Van Gogh teaches us the lesson of not giving up. He signed masterpieces and

those paintings became a worlds treasure.


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7. Colonel Sanders

Speaking of KFC You like those crispy stripes, dont you? So did he. At 65 years old,

after receiving a social security check for some 100 dollars, Mr. Sanders thought he

should show the world hes not to be taken for granted. He could have chosen a different

path, but decided to fight for his project. The project in case his chicken recipe. His

target group? Restaurants that would make his chicken, gain customers and sails and

offer him a decent profit. Number of rejections? Over a 1000 in the whole country. He got

one shot once. All that followed is history and legend and some damn fine chicken meals.


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8. The Beatles

One rejection letter they received is as famous as the band itself. It said something like

the Beatles have no future in show business.Ummm they kinda of invented show

business afterwards, by hypnotizing millions of people with their beat, charisma and

blood-boiling songs. America was just an ocean across, so when the Beatlemania reached

the US, history began taking notes on how to achieve success despite any type of failure.


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9. Michael JordanHis lesson is simple and beautiful in every possible way. Got rejected from your high

school basketball team? No problem. Become the best and most famous basketball player

of all times! Easy, isnt it?


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10. Thomas Edison

How would our life be if Edison gave up on his 9999 attempt to invent the light bulb?

Darker maybe? Emptier, far behind? One of the greatest inventors of our world didnt

stop, didnt falter, didnt quit. He belongs to this list as he is one of those determined

people who proved that success is not only a process, a ladder to climb or a wall to break

piece by piece every moment, but something that is gained by those who wait and fight

for it every second.


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