Friday, January 30, 2015

PERSONAL SPECIAL ......... Incredibly Successful People Who Started Out As Failures (1)

Incredibly Successful People Who Started Out As Failures (1)

When it comes to accomplishing your dreams -- and getting credit for doing so -- all we can say is, never underestimate the power of time. Time not only grants you the ability to use your talents, pursue your dreams and leave a lasting imprint on the world, but also gives others room to adjust their perceptions of your achievements. Success and failure are not absolute measures of one's life, but rather the opposite ends of a spectrum that is constantly in flux. Current perceptions are only as valid as you allow them to be.

Thomas Edison
                    
An inventor known for his many failures long before his successes, Thomas Edison was even told that he was "too stupid to learn anything" by one of his teachers early on in life. Yet everyone knows the name of the man responsible for inventing the lightbulb -- even if it took him 1,001 attempts to get it right. His perseverance with this particular invention clearly embodies his positive saying, “I have not failed 10,000 times -- I’ve successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work."

Walt Disney

Even the head of the world's largest animation empire hit a rough patch. In 1919 he was fired from the Kansas City Star because he "lacked imagination and had no good ideas," according to his editor.

The Beatles

When The Beatles auditioned for Decca Records in 1962, Dick Rowe told their manager Brian Epstein, "Guitar groups are on their way out." Despite that dismissal, the English rock band went on to become one of the most influential groups of all time.

Herman Melville

In the author's lifetime, Moby Dick was not considered a masterpiece. After publishing the novel, Melville struggled financially for the rest of his life. He used much of his savings to publish his subsequent novelPierre, which also was not well-received. At the time of his death in 1891, he was a customs inspector at a ship dock in New York.

Soichiro Honda

When Honda, an engineer for whom the popular car company is named, first failed to get a job with now-competitor Toyota, he took to making scooters in his own garage. Little did the world know that this time of unemployment would lead him to create the billion-dollar business we recognize today.

Vincent van Gogh

His paintings may be worth millions today, but no one really gave them a second thought during van Gogh's lifetime. In fact, he managed to create almost 900 paintings in a span of 10 years, yet he only lived to see a single one sold (which went to a friend at a very low price).

The Huffington Post  |  By Alena Hall

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