Sometimes we think that people who have achieved a lot in life were born under a happy star, but throughout history we can see that success is primarily the result of perseverance after failure. Next, we will tell you about ten strong personalities who have achieved success and made a fortune after they crashed.
Walt Disney
Walt Disney was fired from the newspaper due to lack of creativity, having lost, in addition, the rights to his first character - the happy rabbit Oswald. In 1938, Disney made a bet on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", who managed to gain a foothold in the children's world forever. Starting with this film, Walt paid off his debts and became successful and very famous.
Mary kay ash
After working for twenty-five years on one company, Mary Kay decided to leave her because her ideas did not like the leadership. She decided to write a book of tips for women entrepreneurs, and when she finished, she discovered that she was holding a whole business plan in her hands. Thus was born the famous cosmetic company Mary Kay.
Thomas Alva Edison
Edison is the best example of what self-confidence and perseverance mean. When Edison failed for the thousandth time before creating one light bulb, he got to know all the wrong ways and figured out how to avoid it. Thus, after trying all the failed attempts, he found the right technology.
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama is a tireless woman. At a young age, people did not take her seriously, since she belonged to the lower class. But when she studied at Princeton and Harvard, she believed in her capabilities and, being constantly criticized, decided to always be true to herself and follow her vocation: to help make the country better.
Steve Jobs
He was fired in 1985 from his own company, which he created with friends as an uncontrolled shot. In addition, before that he had few viable projects. Steve returned in 1996 when Apple decided to buy the business that he created. Jobs has made great strides at Apple since that day, starting with the development of the iPod and iPad.
Howard Schulz
Thanks to Howard's perseverance and perseverance, today we can enjoy delicious coffee from Starbucks while we work on our computer. It is interesting to note that it was very difficult for Schultz to find an investor who would believe in his idea of a startup, and he was rejected two hundred and fourteen times before succeeding.
The beatles
The most outstanding quartet in the history of music of the XX century failed several times before fate led the young guys to success and made them famous all over the world. Did not know?
Milton Hershey
Milton Hershey has worked since his youth in a candy factory. In 1876, at eighteen, he opened his first store, but was unsuccessful and was forced to close it. Then Milton decided to work in another candy factory, where he learned a lot. Further, in 1886, he launched a new store in Pennsylvania, which this time proved successful and is currently operational.
Stephen king
This famous and recognized American writer began his career with a literary novel, which was rejected thirty times. Because of this, he decided to throw it in the bin. But his wife advised him to continue to work on his work, to improve it, and thus the novel “Carrie” was born. Currently, many of his works have already been made into films, for example, Despair.
Soichiro Honda
Born in 1906 in Japan, he began working in his father’s bicycle workshop from childhood.At eighteen, he built his first racing car, and at twenty-two, he opened an auto parts business for Toyota. Unfortunately, all his efforts were destroyed by World War II, as his factory suffered. Later, he came up with the idea to put an old radio motor on a bicycle, so the Honda A-Type appeared - the first invention of the Honda Motor Company.
Thus, all these people managed to achieve tremendous success after a series of failures.