Every once in a while, we stumble and fall. And we get overwhelmed by every crappy thing around us.
This, is for a friend, who feels she's not achieving anything. That everything seems to be leading to a dead end. But I know, she needs to get right back up and plod on.
So I've compiled a list of all these people who have had their share of failures, some seriously epic, but have all triumphed in the end. And what successes they were.
Harrison Ford - The Vice President of Columbia told this actor that he was never going to make it in the business.
John Grisham - His first book was rejected by 12 publishing houses and sixteen agents.
The Beatles - Turned down by a recording company saying “We don’t like their sound and guitar music is on the way out”.
Beethoven - Told by a music teacher “as a composer he is hopeless”.
Walt Disney - Fired from a newspaper because he “lacked imagination and had no original ideas”.
Chicken Soup for the Soul.– Were told by Publishers that “anthologies didn’t sell” and the book was “too positive” Rejected a total of 140 times. It now has 65 different titles and has sold over 80 million copies all over the world.
Thomas Edison - Told by a teacher he was “too stupid to learn anything”.
Albert Einstein - Wasn’t able to speak until he was almost 4 years old and his teachers said he would “never amount to much” –
Michael Jordan - Was cut from the high school basketball team, went home, locked himself in his room and cried.
Marilyn Monroe – Producer told her she was “unattractive” and could not act.
Julia Roberts - Auditioned for All My Children and got rejected.
Stephen King- Received 30 rejections and the author threw it in the trash. Luckily his wife fished it out again and encouraged him to resubmit it. The book was Carrie.
Don't ever quit trying. You are better than a failed attempt.
Let's finish strong.
