11 Famous Successes That Stemmed From Failure

I have seen this list a number of times and find it inspiring and then forget about it, so am putting it front and center

11 Famous Successes that Stemmed from Failure

Peter Legge

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The pursuit of success is full of some failures. In fact,

the more we fail, the greater our success. History is

chock-a-block full of people who might never have made a

success of their lives without some big challenges.

See if you can figure out who’s who in these descriptions.

(Answers found at the bottom.)

A.) He failed the sixth grade and was defeated in every

single election for public office until he became Prime

Minister at the young age of 62.

B.) He was booed from the podium when he first released his

ideas, and was considered an outcast by his peers and the

scientific community.

C.) In the first year of her contract, she was dropped by

her producers because they thought she was unattractive and

couldn’t act.

D.) He did not speak until he was four years old, and

couldn’t read until he was seven. His parents thought he

was “sub-normal.” He was expelled from school and his

teachers described him as “mentally slow, unsociable and

adrift forever in foolish dreams.”

E.) He was fired after his first performance at the Grand

Ole Opry and told by the manager, “You ain’t going nowhere

son, you otta go back to driving a truck.”

F.) She was broke, living on welfare, severely depressed,

divorced and a single mother while attending school and

attempting to write her first novel.

G.) After a screen test, the memo from the director read,

“can’t act, can’t sing, slightly bald, can dance…a

little.”

H.) A professor suggested he drop out of the English

department and college altogether. At his very first job,

he was paid in cases of shaving cream, soda and nail

clippers. His first book was rejected by 27 publishers

before printers accepted it.

I.) Enduring a rough and often abusive childhood, she faced

numerous career setbacks including being fired from her

first job because she was unfit for TV.

J.) He was told by Emperor Ferdinand that his operas were

“far too noisy” and contained “far too many notes.”

K.) They said he was too small and didn’t skate well

enough. Yet, he set the standard for grit, courage, skill

and humility.

Answers:

A) Winston Churchill; B) Sigmund Freud; C) Marilyn Monroe;

D) Albert Einstein; E) Elvis Presley; F) J.K. Rowling; G)

Fred Astaire; H) Dr. Seuss; I) Oprah Winfrey; J) Wolfgang

Mozart; K) Stan “Steamer” Smyl – Vancouver Canucks.

If you never fail, you’ll never succeed.

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