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4 People Who Failed Before Becoming Famous by ejiro2130(m): 7:47pm On Jun 02, 2013 |
But before these successful super stars made it big in their respective industries, they first failed, were fired, or heard the word "no" countless times. But they never gave up. See what 4 game changers had to overcome before becoming famous. 1. Walt Disney was told a mouse would never work. Before Walt Disney built the empire he has today, he was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas." In 1921, Walt formed his first animation company in Kansas City, where he made a deal with a distribution company in New York, in which he would ship them his cartoons and get paid six months down the road. He was forced to dissolve his company and at one point could not pay his rent and reportedly survived by eating dog food. Also, When Walt first tried to get MGM studios to distribute Mickey Mouse in 1927, he was told that the idea would never work because a giant mouse on the screen would terrify women. Entrepreneur Walt had a whole slew of bad ideas before coming up with good ones, his company made a revenue of $38billion in the last 12months!! 2. J.K. Rowling was on welfare. Before J.K. Rowling had any "Harry Potter" success, the writer was a divorced singled mother on welfare struggling to get by while also attending school and writing a novel. Luckily, that novel turned into the "Harry Potter" franchise, which has since made Rowling a billionaire as of April 2012. 3. Oprah Winfrey was told she was "unfit for TV." At age of 22, the now-TV mogul was fired from her job as a television reporter because she was "unfit for tv." Winfrey was terminated from her post as co-anchor of the 6 o'clock weekday news on Baltimore's WJZ-TV after the show received low ratings. Winfrey has called it the “first and worst failure of her TV career.” Winfrey was then demoted to morning TV, where she found her voice and met fellow newbie Gayle King, who would one day become her producer and editor of O, The Oprah Magazine. Seven years later, Winfrey moved to Chicago, where her self-titled talk show went on to dominate daytime TV for 25 years, and ultimately head her own channel, OWN. 4.Steve Jobs was removed from the company he started. Steve Jobs was a college dropout, a fired tech executive and an unsuccessful businessman. At 30-years-old he was left devastated after being unceremoniously removed from the company he founded. In a 2005 commencement speech at Stanford University, Jobs explained, "I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life." After his return to Apple, Jobs created several iconic products, including the iPod, iPhone and iPad, which have changed the face of consumer technology forever. And Jobs became one of the richest men in the world. Seriously the list goes on, do you know nicki minaj got fired from her job 10times or Steven Spielberg got rejected from film school ... three times. Even the "great" jordan himself said "I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.".....what ever you are going through today keep it in mind its preparing you for something greater and better!! Source: www.businessinsider.com/15-people-who-failed-before-becoming-famous-2012-10?op=1
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Re: 4 People Who Failed Before Becoming Famous by Tolexander: 8:27pm On Jun 02, 2013 |
This time in 2015, Rtd General Muhamad Buhari will make this list! |
Re: 4 People Who Failed Before Becoming Famous by IJI777: 8:36pm On Jun 02, 2013 |
SO, THE WHOLE WRITE-UP IS BUHARI PROPAGANDA Tolexander: This time in 2015, Rtd General Muhamad Buhari will make this list!IF BUHARI TRULLY MEANS WELL FOR NIGERIA, THERE ARE STILL A LOT HE COULD DO FOR THE PROGRESS, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NATION WITHOUT HAVING ANY PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION 2 Likes |
Re: 4 People Who Failed Before Becoming Famous by ejiro2130(m): 8:37pm On Jun 02, 2013 |
Tolexander: This time in 2015, Rtd General Muhamad Buhari will make this list! Lol.....bro he's not contesting 2015 how's he going to make the list! |
Re: 4 People Who Failed Before Becoming Famous by ejiro2130(m): 8:42pm On Jun 02, 2013 |
Tolexander: This time in 2015, Rtd General Muhamad Buhari will make this list! Don't worry wen we compile a list ppl dat failed and nva succeeded his name will b number 1! |
Re: 4 People Who Failed Before Becoming Famous by EFOSAVAL(f): 8:57pm On Jun 02, 2013 |
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Re: 4 People Who Failed Before Becoming Famous by Kingslaw(m): 9:42pm On Jun 02, 2013 |
Chi! Ejiro don finish buhari! All is well even inside well. |
Re: 4 People Who Failed Before Becoming Famous by ejiro2130(m): 10:19pm On Jun 02, 2013 |
Kingslaw: Chi! Ejiro don finish buhari! Bros y u wan mk matter harsh for me na....u wnt make almageris chase me commot fr nairaland?? |
Re: 4 People Who Failed Before Becoming Famous by yuzedo: 10:53pm On Jun 02, 2013 |
Tolexander: This time in 2015, Rtd General Muhamad Buhari will make this list! ejiro2130: **real tears** ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: 4 People Who Failed Before Becoming Famous by 99cent: 12:00am On Jun 03, 2013 |
3. Oprah Winfrey was told she WOW. I didn't know this about her story. Very eye-opening. Failure is not the end of the road. |
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