Celebrities
In High School he was cut from his JV basketball Team. He later went to be one of the best basketball players in history.
Who is Michael Jordan.
Her and her band tried out for Star Search when she was 9 years old and was eliminated from the show. She went on to form a new band, and became very successful in the early 2000s. She eventually went solo and now is considered an icon.
Who is Beyoncé.
He lost his job, started a failing business, his fiancé died, he had a nervous break down, and ran for many political offices and was defeated many times. He later was considered one of the best presidents in history because he abolished slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
He was not able to speak fluently until the age of 4 years old. He was kicked out of school in his elementary years for misconduct, and failed his entrance exam for the school of Swiss Federal Polytechnic. His father considered him the biggest failure in his life. He later went on to receive a Nobel Peace Prize, and to this day his work in theory of relativity, physics and mathematics, has helped us to reach deeper understandings about how the universe works.
Who is Albert Einstein.
She was fired from her first job as a news anchor because she was "unfit." She went on to have one of the biggest talk shows of all time named after her.
Who is Oprah Winfrey.
After his father had abandoned the family, it was his mother that raised him and his three siblings. While wanting to pursue a record career, he realized that no label wanted to sign him, so he opted instead to selling CDs out of the trunk of his car. Every major label had turned him down, so he did what any enterprising young individual would do that was committed to succeeding — he co-founded his own label called Roc-A-Fella Records.
Who is Sean Carter. (Jay-Z)
He was fired from his first job for lacking imagination. After starting his own animation company, the money earned didn’t provide enough income, and in 1923 it declared bankruptcy. He later went on to form a new animation company which became one of the most famed companies in the world throughout history.
Who is Walt Disney.
He was fired from his own company. After he went to work for two more companies, and was fired from both. He reapplied to his company and he went on to make it one of the most successful computer companies of all time.
Who is Steve Jobs.
When he was young he was physically, sexually and emotionally abused by his parents. He used his grief to write plays. For 8 years, he wrote plays that producers refused to put on. However, now he is famous as an actor, screenwriter, playwright, director, producer, author and songwriter. Known for portraying various characters.
Who is Tyler Perry.
In 2000, he was infamously shot 9 times at close range by an assailant outside his grandmother’s home and left for dead. While in the hospital, he signed a deal with Columbia records, but was subsequently dropped from that label. He is 6-times platinum in the United States and has since become one of the world’s most famous and best-selling rappers.
Who is Curtis Jackson. (Fifty-Cent)
The first book he wrote was rejected 28 times before it was published. Now, he has sold over 600 million copies of his books, which has been translated into 20 different languages making him one of the most famous authors for children's books ever.
Dr. Suess
He was home-schooled as a child and developed hearing problems early on in life. He failed over 10,000 times trying to invent a commercially-viable electric bulb. Eventually, he succeeded, and went on to have a huge impact on society, holding 1,093 patents to his name at the time of his death.
Who is Thomas Edison.