FAILURE IS NOT THE END
STAY IN THE STRUGGLE
WHO AM I?
• I WAS FIRED FROM MY JOB AS A NEWSPAPER
EDITOR BECAUSE I “LACKED IMAGINATION AND
HAD NO GOOD IDEAS.”
• I STARTED SEVERAL BUSINESSES THAT EACH
ENDED IN BANKRUPTCY.
• MY FIRST BIG CHANCE AT SUCCESS WAS
DISMISSED AS BEING “TOO SCARY FOR
WOMEN.”
• I EVENTUALLY FOUND A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
AND MY BUSINESS EMPIRE IS NOW WORTH
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
WALT DISNEY
WHO AM I?
• I WAS FIRED FROM MY FIRST JOB AFTER
ONLY 7 ½ MONTHS.
• ONE OF MY CO-WORKERS HARASSED AND
CRITICIZED ME EVERYDAY WE WORKED
TOGETHER.
• MY EMPLOYER DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO
WITH ME SO THEY TRANSFERRED ME TO
SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
• MY BOSS FORCED ME TO LET HIS
GIRLFRIEND LIVE IN MY APARTMENT, RENT
FREE.
OPRAH WINFREY
WHO AM I?
• I DIDN’T SPEAK UNTIL I WAS FOUR YEARS
OLD AND DIDN’T START TO READ UNTIL I
WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD.
• MY TEACHERS TOLD MY PARENTS I WAS
MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, SLOW, AND ANTISOCIAL.
• I WAS EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL AND
REJECTED FROM COLLEGE.
• I EVENTUALLY TOOK A JOB AS A CLERK IN A
PATENT OFFICE.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
WHO AM I?
• MY FIRST BOSS TOLD ME I DIDN’T HAVE
WHAT IT TAKES TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
• I WORKED AS A CARPENTER TO MAKE
ENDS MEET WHILE I PURSUED MY
DREAM.
• I NEVER EARNED A GRADE ABOVE A “C”
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
• I DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE.
• LATER, I EARNED MY PILOT’S LICENSE
AND HAVE PILOTED ONE OF THE
COOLEST AIRCRAFT EVER IMAGINED.
HARRISON FORD
WHO AM I?
• I WAS TEASED ABOUT MY LAST NAME AT
SCHOOL.
• I WAS A DIVORCED SINGLE MOTHER
STRUGGLING TO GET BY ON WELFARE.
• MY PARENTS THOUGHT I SHOULD GO TO
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND GET A “USEFUL”
JOB. INSTEAD, I WENT TO COLLEGE AND
EARNED A DEGREE IN FRENCH LITERATURE.
• I BEGAN WRITING A CHILDREN’S BOOK
WHILE SITTING IN A TRAIN STATION.
J.K. ROWLING
WHO AM I?
• I WAS CUT FROM MY HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL TEAM BECAUSE THE COACH
SAID I WAS “TOO SHORT.”
• I EARNED A SPOT ON THE JUNIOR VARSITY
TEAM BY TRAINING VIGOROUSLY.
• AS A SENIOR I AVERAGED 20 POINTS PER
GAME AND WAS NAMED AN “ALLAMERICAN” PLAYER.
• I HAVE MISSED OVER 9,00 SHOTS IN MY
CAREER AND LOST OVER 300 GAMES. I
HAVE MISSED 26 LAST SECOND SHOTS TO
WIN THE GAME.
• “I HAVE FAILED OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN
MY LIFE. AND THAT IS WHY I SUCCEED.”
MICHAEL JORDAN
FAILURE
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE FAILED AT SOMETHING DURING THEIR LIFETIME.
SOME WERE TOLD BY OTHERS THEY WOULD NEVER BE SUCCESSFUL, WERE FIRED
FROM JOBS, OR HEARD THE WORD “NO” COUNTLESS TIMES. WHAT THEY ALL
HAVE IN COMMON IS THEY NEVER GAVE UP. FAILURE AND MISTAKES ARE THE
WAY WE LEARN AND GROW. WHENEVER YOU ATTEMPT TO DO SOMETHING
AND FAIL, TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF ARE:
• WHAT HAVE I LEARNED?
• WHAT CAN I DO BETTER?
THEN, YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. IT WILL NEVER ALWAYS BE
EASY, BUT WHEN YOU LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES AND KEEP TRYING YOU
WILL SUCCEED!