50 famous, and mostly very successful people, who didn't succeed immediately:
http://www.budbilanich.com/50-famous-people-who-failed-at-their-first-attempt-at-career-success/
[Prior to forming Disney, Walt Disney] was fired by a newspaper editor because, "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas."
[Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken's] famous secret chicken recipe was rejected 1,009 times before a restaurant accepted it.
Einstein did not speak until he was four and did not read until he was seven, causing his teachers and parents to think he was mentally handicapped, slow and anti-social. It might have taken him a bit longer, but most people would agree that he caught on pretty well in the end, winning the Nobel Prize and changing the face of modern physics.
[Isaac Newton] never did particularly well in school and when put in charge of running the family farm, he failed miserably.
Thomas Edison: In his early years, teachers told Edison he was "too stupid to learn anything." Work was no better, as he was fired from his first two jobs for not being productive enough. Even as an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb. Of course, all those unsuccessful attempts finally resulted in the design that worked.
**We all know how these stories ended.
http://www.budbilanich.com/50-famous-people-who-failed-at-their-first-attempt-at-career-success/
[Prior to forming Disney, Walt Disney] was fired by a newspaper editor because, "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas."
[Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken's] famous secret chicken recipe was rejected 1,009 times before a restaurant accepted it.
Einstein did not speak until he was four and did not read until he was seven, causing his teachers and parents to think he was mentally handicapped, slow and anti-social. It might have taken him a bit longer, but most people would agree that he caught on pretty well in the end, winning the Nobel Prize and changing the face of modern physics.
[Isaac Newton] never did particularly well in school and when put in charge of running the family farm, he failed miserably.
Thomas Edison: In his early years, teachers told Edison he was "too stupid to learn anything." Work was no better, as he was fired from his first two jobs for not being productive enough. Even as an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb. Of course, all those unsuccessful attempts finally resulted in the design that worked.
**We all know how these stories ended.
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