Success is what we all want.
But some of us don’t understand that we should value failure and move on towards our goal.
If you are thinking you failed and about to give up then you must read the following accounts of famous billionaires that show how perseverance and not surrendering to failure will ultimately help you to taste success.
Read on…
1… Walt Disney
Thanks to Walt for giving us great cartoon shows and fantasy land. As we thank him, we cannot forget to bring in light how hard he worked even though he had to fail many times.
His firs failure was when he dropped out of college to join the army. His first company Laugh O Gram didn’t work and wen bankrupt. He was fired from a newspaper company for “not being creative enough.”
What is worth noting from his story is that he was rejected 302 times by financial institutes but he still continued with his dream.
But he went on to give us best shows which will entertain many generations to come.
2… J K Rowling
Her first book was rejected by 12 publishing house. Following statement was said by Rowling. “I had failed on an epic scale. An exceptionally short-lived marriage had imploded, and I was jobless, a lone parent, and as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless.
The fears that my parents had had for me, and that I had had for myself, had both come to pass, and by every usual standard, I was the biggest failure I knew.” Coming out of this failure stronger and more determined was the key to her success.
3… Oprah Winfrey
She is one of the richest women in the world right now but her inspiring journey to success is what many do not know. This entertainment icon had a tough childhood and also was dismissed from the firm where she working as a TV reporter. She was said that “unfit for TV”.
4… Abraham Lincoln
You may be knowing that 16th President of United States of America but what history textbooks may fail to tell you about his life he lived before and his hardships that he faced.
He was bogged down by failure many times. He started his business in 1831 but he failed and during that time he was suffering from nervous breakdown a well. He lost presidential elections eight times.
His words n failure- “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”
5… Elvis Presley
Elvis was no stranger to failure. He was fired by the manager of Garden-Ole Opry, just after his 1 performance. “You ain’t goin’ nowhere, son. You ought to go back to driving’ a truck.” – these were the harsh words that he had stomached but now you know that how those words didn’t deter him to achieve success.
6…Steven Spielberg
He is considered as one of the best film makers in the world. He gave historic movies like JAWS and ET but his road to success was not that easy at all. He was school drop out and he was even rejected from his dream school university of Southern California School of Theater, Film, and Television thrice.
Rather than taking these signs as a motivation for surrender, he went on chase his dream and has been awarded Oscars for his amazing movies.
Failure is stepping stone to success, so accepting it and moving ahead is what we should do.
So do not be afraid of failure!
