Failures are the stepping stones to Success

Bill Gates An University Drop out Became the World’s Richest:

He was the world’s richest man for more than one decade. 

However, in the 1970’s before starting out, he was a Harvard University dropout. 

Abraham Lincoln without Formal Education became the President of USA:

When he grew up, he joined politics and had 12 major failures before he was elected the 16th President of the United States of America.

Issac Newton, who was poor in primary studies became a great Mathematician:

His work on optics and gravitation made him one of the greatest scientists the world has even known. 

Beethoven discouraged by his Music Teacher and who lost his hearing power became a great musician:

And during his career, he lost his hearing yet he managed to produce great music.

Thomas Alva Edison discouraged by school teacher became a great Inventor:

When he was a boy his teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything. 

When he set out on his own, he tried more than 9,000 experiments before he created the first successful light bulb.

Frank Winfield Woolworth discouraged by co-workers founded a chain of Companies: 

The first Woolworth’s store was founded in 1878 by Frank Winfield Woolworth and soon grew to become one of the largest retail chains in the world in the 20th century. 

Before starting his own business, Woolworth got a job in a dry goods store when he was 21. 

But his employer would not let him serve any customer because he concluded that Frank “didn’t have enough common sense to serve the customers”.

Michael Jordon removed from High School Baske ball team became the greatest Basket Ball player:

A phenomenal athlete with a unique combination of grace, speed, power, artistry, improvisational ability and an unquenchable competitive desire.

Jordan single-handedly redefined the NBA superstar.

Before joining NBA, Jordan was just an ordinary person, so ordinary that was he was removed from the high school basketball team because of his “lack of skill”.

Walter Disney Ridiculed by a Newspaper Editor founded the great ‘Walt Disney Company’

One of the most well-known motion picture producers in the world, Disney founded a production company. 

The corporation, now known as The Walt Disney Company, makes average revenue of US $30 billion annually. 

Disney started his own business from his home garage and his very first cartoon production went bankrupt. 

During his first press conference, a newspaper editor ridiculed Walt Disney because he had no good ideas in film production.

Winston Churchil who failed in his 6th Grade class became one of the 100 Greatest Britons:

However, that never stopped him to work harder! 

He strived and eventually became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. 

Churchill is generally regarded as one of the most important leaders in Britain and world history. 

In a poll conducted by the BBC in 2002 to identify the “100 Greatest Britons”, participants voted Churchill as the most important of all.

Steven Spielberg a School Drop out became Academy Awards winning Film Director:

He has won 3 Academy Awards and ranks among the most successful filmmakers in history. 

Most of all, Steven was recognized as the financially most successful motion picture director of all time. 

During his childhood, Spielberg dropped out of junior high school. 

He was persuaded to come back and was placed in a learning-disabled class. He only lasted a month and then dropped out of school forever.

Albert Eisnstein discourages by his School Teacher became a Nobel Prize winning Theoretical Physicist:

He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect in 1905 and “for his services to Theoretical Physics”. 

However, when Einstein was young, his parents thought he was mentally retarded. 

His grades in school were so poor that a teacher asked him to quit, saying, “Einstein, you will never amount to anything!”

Marilyn Monroe dropped as unattractive by 20th Century Fox Company became a Famous Movie Star, Sex Symbol and Pop Icon:

That didn’t deter her at all! She kept on going and eventually she was recognized by the public as the 20th century’s most famous movie star, sex symbol and pop icon.

John Grisham’s first novel rejected by Agents and Publishers and he became Famous Novelist and Author of Modern Legal Dramas:

He went on writing and writing until he became best known as a novelist and author for his works of modern legal drama. 

The media has coined him as one of the best novel authors even alive in the 21st century.

Henry Ford’s first 2 Automobile Companies Failed and he became one of the 3 Richest men of his time:

That did not stop him from incorporating Ford Motor Company and being the first to apply assembly line manufacturing to the production of affordable automobiles in the world. 

He not only revolutionized industrial production in the United States and Europe, but also had such influence over the 20th century economy and society. 

His combination of mass production, high wages and low prices to consumers has initiated a management school known as “Fordism”. He became one of the three most famous and richest men in the world during his time.

Spochiro Honda rejected by Toyota Motors started his own Motor Cycle Company ‘Honda’ which  became  the World’s largest Motor cycle Company:

He continued to be jobless until his neighbours starting buying his “home-made scooters”. 

Subsequently, he set out on his own to start his own company. Honda. 

Today, the Company has grown to become the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer and one of the most profitable automakers – beating giant automaker such as GM and Chrysler. 

With a global network of 437 subsidiaries, Honda develops, manufactures and markets a wide variety of products ranging from small general-purpose engines and scooters to specialty sports cars.

Akio Morita’s Sony Corporation was unsuccessful in the start and became the World’s 6th largest Electrical Company:

Today, Sony generates US$66 billion in revenue and ranked as the world’s 6th largest electronic and electrical company.