NEVER TAKE NO AS AN ANSWER! Walt Disney - Fired from the Kansas City Star in 1919 because he lacked imagination and had no good ideas. JK Rowling - Rejected by dozens, including HarperCollins, when a small publisher in London took a chance on Harry Potter. Oprah Winfey - Fired as an evening news reporter of Baltimores WJZ-TV because she couldnt separate her emotions from her stories. George Orwell - A publisher turned down his legendary novel, Animal Farm, with the words It is impossible to sell animal stories in the USA. Jerry Seinfeld - Didnt find out he was cut from a minor role on a sitcom until he read the script and discovered his part missing. Elvis Presley - After a performance in Nashville early in his career, he was told by a manager that he was better off driving trucks in Memphis (his previous job). Steve Jobs - Fired from the company he started, Apple, but was desperately brought back in 1997 to save it. Apple is now the most valuable company in the world. Stephen King - His first book, Carrie, was rejected thirty times. He nearly threw the book out when his wife saved it from the trash and encouraged him to keep trying. Marilyn Monroe - At the start of her storied modeling and acting career, she was told she should consider becoming a secretary. Abraham Lincoln - Demoted from Captain to Private during war, failed as a businessman, and lost several times as a political candidate before becoming President. AND I MIGHT ADD: Henry Ford - First car company and tool and die works went bust, equipment sold at auction to the highest bidder, a Mr. Henry Leland, who took the same tools and materials and created a new luxury car maker he named Cadillac. When Mr. Lelands work at Cadillac was done and Cadillac was sold to the newly formed General Motors (GM), Mr. Leland left and began a similar project...a competitor to Cadillac, he named in honor of an esteemed US President; Lincoln. He later sold Lincoln to the now thriving Ford Motor Company, and the circle was complete!
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 20:13:03 +0000
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