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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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