Sucessful failure stories you probably didnt know 1 J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter novels was waitressing and on public assistance when she was writing the first installment of what would become one of the best selling series in history. The book was rejected by a dozen publishers. The only reason it got published at all was because the CEOs eight year old daughter begged him to publish it. “Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential.” - J.K. Rowling Now, if that isnt a great Zen line, I dont know what is! 2. Michael Jordan It might come as a shock, but the man who became what many would call the best basketball player of all time didnt make his high school basketball team. “I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” - Michael Jordan 3. Thomas Edison was both hearing impaired and fidgety. He only lasted three months in school where his teachers said he was too stupid to learn anything. He eventually was home schooled by his mom. In talking about his invention of the light bulb, he said: “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that do not work.” - Thomas Edison 4.Oprah Winfrey .Her childhood was frightful and filled with horrible abuse and abject poverty. But, like most successful people, Oprah doesnt dwell on stuff like that. I don’t think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good. - Oprah Winfrey You cant succeed at anything if you quit. Dont be a quitter, be a failure. Good morning to you all #foodforthought
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 05:54:21 +0000
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