People who found success despite failures
1. Colonel Sanders: The founder of KFC. He started his dream at 65 years old! He got a social
security check for only $105 and was mad. Instead of complaining he did something about it.
He thought restaurant owners would love his fried chicken recipe, use it, sales would increase, and
he'd get a percentage of it. He drove around the country knocking on doors, sleeping in his car,
wearing his white suit.
Do you know how many times people said no till he got one yes? 1009 times!
2. Walt Disney: The man who gave us Disney World and Mickey Mouse. His first animation companywent banktrupt. He was fired by a news editor cause he lacked imagination. Legend has it he was turned down 302 times before he got financing for creating Disney World.
3. Albert Eistein: He didn't speak till he was four and didn't read till seven. His parents and teachers
thought he was mentally handicapped. He only turned out to win a Nobel prize and be the face of
modern physics.
4. Richard Branson: He's a billionaire mogul of Virgin but has had his share of failures. Remember
Virgin Cola or Virgin credit cards? Probably not. He's lost hundreds of millions of dollars but has not
let failure stop him. When you're rich like him you can rent his private island for $53.000 a night.
5. Mark Cuban: The billionaire owner of the NBA:s Dallas Mavericks got rich when he sold his
company to Yahoo for $5.9 billion in stock. He admitted he was terrible at his early jobs. His parents
wanted him to have a normal job. So he tried carpentry but hated it. He was a short order cook but a
terrible one. He waited tables but couldn't open a bottle of wine. He says of his failures,
"I've learned that it doesn't matter how many times you failed," Cuban says.
"You only have to be right once. I tried to sell powdered milk. I was an idiot lots
of times. and I learned from them all."
6. Vincent Van Gogh: He only sold one painting in his lifetime! Just one to a friend. Despite that he
kept painting and finished over 800 pieces. Now everyone wants to buy them and his most expensive
painting is valued at $142.7 million.
7. Theodor Seuss Giesel: Dr. Seuss gave us Cet in Ihe Hal.and Gleen Eggs and Ham. Books every
child reads. At first many didn't think he would succeed. 27 different publishers rejected Dr.
Seuss's first book To Think Thall Sawlion Mulbeny Sireet.
8. John Grisham: TheAmerican authorfirst was a lawyerwho lovedto write. His first book A Time 10 KHI took three years to write. The book was rejected 28 times until he got one yes for a 5,000 copy print He's sold over250 million total copies of his books.
9. Steven Spielberg: He applied and was denied two times to the prestigious Universityof Southern
Californiafilm school. Instead he went to Cal State University in Long Beach.
He went on to direct some of the biggest movieblockbusters in history. Nowhe's worth $2.7 billion
and in 1994 got an honorary degree from the film school that rejected him twice.
10. Stephen king: His first book Carriewas rejected 30 times and he threw it in the trash. His wife
retrieved it out of the trash and encouraged him to resubmit it. The rest is history. He has sold more
than.350 million copies of his books. (He's also made many adults fear clowns too.)
11. Stephenie Meyer: The author of the crazy Twilight series said the inspiration from the book came from a dream. She finished it in three months but neverintended to publish it until a friend suggestedshe should. She wrote 15 letters to literary agencies. Fivedidn't reply. Nine rejected. One gavehera chance. The neight publishers auctionedfor the right to publish TWllighl.She got a three book deal worth $750,000. In 2010, Forbes reported she earned $40 million.
12. Tim Ferris: The man behind the 4 Hour Workweek, who changed how many people view work and life, was rejected by 26 publishers before one gave him a chance. It's been on the bestseller's list
for years. sold all over the world. and last year published The 4 Hour Body that went to #1 on the
New York Times bestsellers list.
13. The Beatles: They were rejected by many record labels. In a famous rejection, the label said,"guitar groups are on the way out" and 'the Beatles have no future in show business".
After that the Beatles signed with EMI, brought Beatlemania to the United States. and became the
greatest band in history.
14. Michael Jordan: He's famous for being cut from his high school basketball team. He turned out tobe the greatest basketball player but never let failure deter him. I love this quote ...
"I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. 1 have lost almost 300
games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot,
and 1 missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is
why I succeed:
15. Thomas Edison: No list of success from failures would be complete without the man who gave us many inventions including the light bulb. He knew failure wouldn't stop him.
If 1 find 10,000 ways something won't work, 1 haven't failed. I am not
discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
1. Colonel Sanders: The founder of KFC. He started his dream at 65 years old! He got a social
security check for only $105 and was mad. Instead of complaining he did something about it.
He thought restaurant owners would love his fried chicken recipe, use it, sales would increase, and
he'd get a percentage of it. He drove around the country knocking on doors, sleeping in his car,
wearing his white suit.
Do you know how many times people said no till he got one yes? 1009 times!
2. Walt Disney: The man who gave us Disney World and Mickey Mouse. His first animation companywent banktrupt. He was fired by a news editor cause he lacked imagination. Legend has it he was turned down 302 times before he got financing for creating Disney World.
3. Albert Eistein: He didn't speak till he was four and didn't read till seven. His parents and teachers
thought he was mentally handicapped. He only turned out to win a Nobel prize and be the face of
modern physics.
4. Richard Branson: He's a billionaire mogul of Virgin but has had his share of failures. Remember
Virgin Cola or Virgin credit cards? Probably not. He's lost hundreds of millions of dollars but has not
let failure stop him. When you're rich like him you can rent his private island for $53.000 a night.
5. Mark Cuban: The billionaire owner of the NBA:s Dallas Mavericks got rich when he sold his
company to Yahoo for $5.9 billion in stock. He admitted he was terrible at his early jobs. His parents
wanted him to have a normal job. So he tried carpentry but hated it. He was a short order cook but a
terrible one. He waited tables but couldn't open a bottle of wine. He says of his failures,
"I've learned that it doesn't matter how many times you failed," Cuban says.
"You only have to be right once. I tried to sell powdered milk. I was an idiot lots
of times. and I learned from them all."
6. Vincent Van Gogh: He only sold one painting in his lifetime! Just one to a friend. Despite that he
kept painting and finished over 800 pieces. Now everyone wants to buy them and his most expensive
painting is valued at $142.7 million.
7. Theodor Seuss Giesel: Dr. Seuss gave us Cet in Ihe Hal.and Gleen Eggs and Ham. Books every
child reads. At first many didn't think he would succeed. 27 different publishers rejected Dr.
Seuss's first book To Think Thall Sawlion Mulbeny Sireet.
8. John Grisham: TheAmerican authorfirst was a lawyerwho lovedto write. His first book A Time 10 KHI took three years to write. The book was rejected 28 times until he got one yes for a 5,000 copy print He's sold over250 million total copies of his books.
9. Steven Spielberg: He applied and was denied two times to the prestigious Universityof Southern
Californiafilm school. Instead he went to Cal State University in Long Beach.
He went on to direct some of the biggest movieblockbusters in history. Nowhe's worth $2.7 billion
and in 1994 got an honorary degree from the film school that rejected him twice.
10. Stephen king: His first book Carriewas rejected 30 times and he threw it in the trash. His wife
retrieved it out of the trash and encouraged him to resubmit it. The rest is history. He has sold more
than.350 million copies of his books. (He's also made many adults fear clowns too.)
11. Stephenie Meyer: The author of the crazy Twilight series said the inspiration from the book came from a dream. She finished it in three months but neverintended to publish it until a friend suggestedshe should. She wrote 15 letters to literary agencies. Fivedidn't reply. Nine rejected. One gavehera chance. The neight publishers auctionedfor the right to publish TWllighl.She got a three book deal worth $750,000. In 2010, Forbes reported she earned $40 million.
12. Tim Ferris: The man behind the 4 Hour Workweek, who changed how many people view work and life, was rejected by 26 publishers before one gave him a chance. It's been on the bestseller's list
for years. sold all over the world. and last year published The 4 Hour Body that went to #1 on the
New York Times bestsellers list.
13. The Beatles: They were rejected by many record labels. In a famous rejection, the label said,"guitar groups are on the way out" and 'the Beatles have no future in show business".
After that the Beatles signed with EMI, brought Beatlemania to the United States. and became the
greatest band in history.
14. Michael Jordan: He's famous for being cut from his high school basketball team. He turned out tobe the greatest basketball player but never let failure deter him. I love this quote ...
"I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. 1 have lost almost 300
games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot,
and 1 missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is
why I succeed:
15. Thomas Edison: No list of success from failures would be complete without the man who gave us many inventions including the light bulb. He knew failure wouldn't stop him.
If 1 find 10,000 ways something won't work, 1 haven't failed. I am not
discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
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