Rejections may not be bad after all It is how you take them that matters. Listening to the founder of Alibaba and Chinas richest man, Jack Ma at the just concluded World Economic Forum was a delight. He said that he is what he is today thanks to two major rejections in his life. Explaining why early rejections in his life only strengthened his resolve to succeed.He said that “I went to KFC; 24 people went for the interview, 23 got accepted. I was the only one rejected,” . Harvard University snubbed me a record 10 times. I dont think anybody ever got rejected that much. But I told myself, some day I will go there to teach.” Speaking about his vision, Ma said that “I’ve been thinking how we can make Alibaba a global platform for small businesses around the world.My vision is, if we can help a small business in Norway sell things to Argentina, and Argentina consumers can buy things online from Switzerland, we can build up an e-WTO. WTO is great but last century. Today, the internet can help small business sell things across the oceans. I hope we can serve 2 billion consumers and help 10 million small businesses outside China.”
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:43:46 +0000
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