So have you tried something and you have failed?? May be numerous times. You may have been told you have no talent, aren't cut out for "this business" or are never going to "make it in this line of work".
Well don't be discouraged. The following are stories of people who were told the same thing or something similar and went on to be major successes!
You might just recognize a few:
His first book was rejected by 12 publishing houses and sixteen agents. - John Grisham
Turned down by a recording company saying "We don't like their sound and guitar music is on the way out" They were talking about the Beatles
Was told by his father that he would amount to nothing and be a disgrace to himself and his family - Charles Darwin
Told by a music teacher "as a composer he is hopeless" - Beethoven
Fired from a newspaper because he "lacked imagination and had no original ideas" - Walt Disney
Rejected a total of 140 times. The book? Chicken Soup for the Soul. It now has 65 different titles and has sold over 80 million copies all over the world.
Told by a teacher he was "too stupid to learn anything" Thomas Edison
Failed the sixth grade - Winston Churchill
Wasn't able to speak until he was almost 4 years old and his teachers said he would "never amount to much" - Albert Einstein
Did poorly in school and failed at running the family farm - Isaac Newton
Was cut from the high school basketball team, went home, locked himself in his room and cried - Michael Jordan
Producer told her she was "unattractive" and could not act - Marilyn Monroe
But they always had faith that something in them was superior than the circumstances, so, Believe in yourself bcoz chances are that if you don't, nobody else will !!
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