FAMOUS FAILURES
By JASKARAN SINGH KOHLI
Credits: Motivation Success
After being cut from his High
School Basketball Team, He
went Home, Locked Himself in
his room and Cried
6 Time NBA Champion
5 Time NBA MVP
4 Time NBA All Star
Michael Jordan
He wasn't able to speak until
he was almost 4 years old and
his teachers said he would
"never amount to much"
Theoretical
Physist & Nobel
Prize Winner
Albert Einstein
Was demoted from her job
as a news anchor because
she...
"Wasn't fit for television."
Oprah Winfrey
Host of a Multi-Award-Winning Talk Show and the
Most Influential Woman in the World
Fired from a newspaper for
"lacking imagination" and
"having no original ideas"...
Creator of Mickey Mouse
& Winner of 22 Academy
Awards
Walt Disney
At 30 years old he was left
devastated and depressed
after being unceremoniously
removed from the company
he started.
Founder of Apple , the Man Who Changed the World
Steve Jobs
A teacher told him he was...
"Too stupid to learn anything"
and that he should go into a
field where he might succeed
by virtue of his pleasant
personality.
Inventor of The
Incandescent Light
Bulb
Thomas Edison
Rejected by Decca Recording
studios, who said
"we don't like their sound"...
"They have no future in show
business"
The Most Commercially
Successful and Critically
Acclaimed Band in the History
The Beatles
His First Book Was Rejected
By 27 Publishers
Best Selling Children’s Author in the History
Dr. Seuss
His Fiancé Died,
Failed In Business,
Had A Nervous Breakdown
And
Was Defeated In 8 Elections.
16th President of the United States and the Most Remembered One
Abraham Lincoln
Famous Failures
Famous Failures

Famous Failures