STORIES OF SOME SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE WHO RULED OVER THEIR FALIURES BY PRESSING ON

These stories below show how even horrible tragedies of life and setbacks can help fuel a drive for success. These stories also stress one of the most important lessons of life which is  “ Never ever give up”

BILL GATE

Today, he is named the richest man in the whole world but his first business

crumbled right in his presence; he did not make any money at all despite the fact

 that he spent so much setting the business up .Gate’s first company TRAF-O-DATA,

 (A device which could read traffic tapes and process the data) failed miserably.

When Gate and his partner, Paul Allen tried to sell TOD, the product did not work

but Gate and Allen did not allow that to stop them from trying again. A couple of

years later after so many attempts, TOD’s failure became the seminal that prepared

Gate and Allen to make Microsoft first product.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

This great man who has been listed among the American founding fathers dropped

out of school at the age of ten, his parents were only able to keep him in school

until his tenth birthday but that did not stop the great man from pursuing his education,

he took himself through serious reading and eventually went on to invent the lightning

 rod and Bifocals.

RICHARD BRANSON

Branson was a very bad student, he never had good grades in school but instead

of giving up, he used the strength within him to drive himself into success,

and Today Branson known for developing virgin records and many of its more

 technologically advanced spinoffs is the fourth richest person in UK

STEPHEN KINGS

King’s first novel was rejected by publishing houses 30 times. King gave up and

 threw the book in the trash. His wife Tabitha, retrieved the manuscript and urge

 king to finish it. Now king’s books have sold over 350 million copies and have been

made into countless major motion pictures.

OPRAH WINFERY

This woman is one of the most successful and richest woman in the world today

but she did not have all so easily.  As a young girl she was repeatedly molested by

her cousin, uncle and a family friend. She eventually ran away from home and at 14

year she has a baby who died shortly after birth.

Winfery’s  tragic past did not stop her from becoming the force she is today, she

excelled as an honours student in high school and won a public speaking contest that

secured her a full scholarship to college. Now, the entrepreneur and personality has

the administration of millions and net worth of $2.9 billon.

THOMAS EDISON

Edison failed over 1,000 times before creating the lightbuld. Although the

exact time has been debated ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 attempts and in

responding to his repeated failure, he said “I have not failed, I have just found

10,000 ways that will not work”

This is to mention but a few. Are you about giving up or are you scared your

past failure(s) will not let you go? One thing that will make a difference in

your life is Jesus, if you will allow him; you will do greater exploits than any

man in history. But remember, if you are not prepared to be wrong, you will

never come up with anything original.

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