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63 Success Stories From Famous People Who Failed Before Succeeding

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Here are some examples: Walt Disney: He faced numerous rejections and failures before achieving success with his cartoon characters and Disneyland. J.K. Rowling: She was rejected by multiple publishers before the Harry Potter series became a worldwide phenomenon.
Failure pushes us to find a better way.. Every successful person has a long line of failures behind them. That's how they reached success.
Mark Cuban experienced numerous business failures before becoming a billionaire. Thomas Edison failed in 1,000 experiments before perfecting the light bulb. Stephen King's first novel Carrie was rejected by around 30 publishers. Apple came close to bankruptcy in the 1990s.
Many notable success stories began in failure: Henry Ford went bankrupt before starting the Ford Motor Company; Thomas Edison and his colleagues tested thousands of materials before creating the carbon-filament lightbulb; J. K. Rowling received twelve rejections before the first Harry Potter book was published.
9 Famous People Who Failed Spectacularly Before They Found Success
  • Isaac Newton (1643-1727) ...
  • Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) ...
  • Charles Darwin (1809-1882) ...
  • Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) ...
  • The Wright Brothers (Orville 1871-1948 and Wilbur 1867-1912) ...
  • Winston Churchill (1874-1965) ...
  • 7. Walt Disney (1901-1966) ...
  • JK Rowling (1965-)