We always hear the success stories of great people but rarely come across their struggles and failures. Here are seven famous winners who started with a whimper. When we fail in our life, these stories would be a great source of encouragement and inspiration to launch again with more determination.
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison’s teachers said he was «too stupid to learn anything.» So he was home schooled by his mother and developed hearing problems early in life. He was fired from his first two jobs for being «nonproductive».
Edison never gave up. As an inventor, he made 10,000 unsuccessful attempts before inventing the light bulb.
“I didn’t fail 10,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 10,000 steps!”— Edison
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln failed numerous times. In 1832, he lost his job and bid for State Legislature. He was a failure as a....
