People who found success despite failures:
12 times: J.K. Rowling was famously rejected by a mighty 12 publishers before Harry Potter and The Philospher’s Stone was accepted.
302 times: Legend has it Walt Disney was turned down 302 times before he got financing for creating Disneyland.
104 times: Albert Einstein didn’t speak until he was four and didn’t read until he was seven. He went on to win a Nobel Prize and become the face of modern physics.
Sold 1 painting: Vincent Van Goh only sold one painting in his lifetime - - to a friend. Despite that, he kept painting and finished over 800 pieces. His most expensive painting today is valued at $142.7 million.
27 times: Dr Seuss’s first book To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street was rejected by 27 different publishers.
10,000 ways: Thomas Edison said “If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Certainly makes one rethink the definition of a failure. Just sayin’ :) Hugs.
Blessings,
Chatgirl
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