I am posting the best failures I opined. Abraham Lincoln - Lincolns life wasnt so easy. In his youth he went to war a captain and returned a private (if youre not familiar with military ranks, just know that private is as low as it goes.) Lincoln didnt stop failing there, however. He started numerous failed businesses, went bankrupt twice and was defeated in 26 campaigns he made for public office. Thomas Edison - If he hadn’t failed, Thomas Edison might not have become America’s most well-known and prolific innovator. Thomas Alva Edison held 1,093 patents for different inventions. Many of them, like the lightbulb, thephonograph, and the motion picture camera, were brilliant creations that have a huge influence on our everyday life. However, not everything he created was a success; he also had a few failures. Thats really a huge number for an entrepreneur like Edison. Michael Jordan - Considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time; his brief bio on NBA he is described as ‘single-handedly redefining the NBA superstar’ and yet to get there he openly admits to failing more than most. Michael is quoted as saying he has: Lost almost 300 games (that’s more games than many NBA players have court time in) Missed over 9000 shots at goal (again more shots than an average NBA player even takes) 26 times he was given the ball to take the game winning shot and MISSED Jordan goes on to say the reason he has succeeded boils down to his constantly failure and used failure as motivation to shoot for success. Vincent Van Gogh - During his lifetime, Van Gogh sold only one painting, and this was to a friend and only for a very small amount of money. While Van Gogh was never a success during his life, he plugged on with painting, sometimes starving to complete his over 800 known works. Today, they bring in hundreds of millions of dollars each. Stephen Speilburg - Steven Spielberg was rejected from his dream school, the University of Southern California, three times. He sought out an education at California State University, Long Beach and dropped out to be a director. Walt Disney - He was fired by a newspaper editor because he lacked imagination and had no good ideas. Several more of his businesses failed before the premiere of his movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Today, most childhoods wouldnt be the same without his ideas. And here comes the best of all, Albert Einstein - He didnt speak until age four and didnt read until age seven. His teachers labelled him slow and mentally handicapped. But Einstein just had a different way of thinking. He later won the Nobel Prize in physics. These are quite a few of many, thats why we say BE POSITIVE YAAR :) cheers....
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:20:37 +0000
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