3 geniuses who had to fail to succeed

Here are three inspiring stories of three great geniuses who managed to achieve success despite repeated failures.

Having big dreams or high ideals is the easiest part. The hardest part is to keep fighting from day to day while keeping the dream alive.

Therefore, if you ever had a great dream but because of this or that thing, now that dream has been left behind. Before making a decision that will make you regret for life, read these three personal stories. They are very inspiring stories with a very clear message: never give up, sometimes you have to fail to reach the success.

Henry Ford

1) Henry Ford: Failure is a chance to start over.

Instead of working on the family farm, Henry Ford preferred to fix the neighbors' clocks. He had an interest in the high technical field. Because of this interest he was obsessed with making a "horseless chariot."

The obsession manifested itself when Henry Ford succeeded in making a four-wheeled contraption powered by small engines in 1896.

The success of car manufacturing attracted several entrepreneurs and they began working together to establish a car manufacturing company. His first venture failed. The company never successfully produced a single car and its angry investors expelled Henry Ford from the association. But he remained convinced that one day he would be able to produce and sell good cars.

He failed 5 times in business before founding the legendary and famous Ford Motor Company.

After so many initial failures, Henry Ford said: "Failure is the opportunity to start over, but more intelligently."

Henry Ford never gave up in his efforts to create companies and create a car. Now everyone knows that Henry Ford was one of the influential characters in the automotive world.
Colonel Sanders

2) Colonel Sanders - Your prescription was rejected over 1000 times

This person is known by his brand name "Kentucky Fried Chicken" throughout the world. However, he is also known as someone who has a very high entrepreneurial spirit.

He was the first child of five siblings. When his father left them he became a head of the family. He helped his mother with all the household chores, including cooking. One of his skills was making fried chicken with a recipe that included 11 spices.

fail to succeed

Sanders had several jobs: gardener, tram instructor, and firefighter. He had a gas station where he served cooked and fried chicken that was liked by gas station users. In time he founded a restaurant. His culinary skills were so well known in many circles to the point that Kentucky Governor Ruby Laffoon called him colonel sanders.

Unfortunately, the restaurant had to be closed because a toll road was planned at the site. He chose to become a social worker until retirement.

When he retired he thought it was not good to be so relaxed enjoying his retirement. So he tried to sell the recipe. He offered it to a significant number of restaurants in many cities. None accepted it but never gave up even though more than 1000 restaurants rejected his offer. Finally, a restaurant accepted it.

Seven years later, at the age of 75, Colonel Sanders sold his fried chicken business for $ 15 million.

Walt Disney

3) Walt Disney: Think, believe, dream and dare.

We all know the success of Walt Disney. However, its failures are not well known.

He was fired from a newspaper as an illustrator since he was considered lacking in imagination. He even had trouble finding work as an illustrator, his brother had to help him get a job as an advertising illustrator at a bank.

Various failures led him to start his own business. He was sure he was going to make a living from his business because he had a great vision: my work was part of the show. This is how I built the entertainment business.

Never give up. Let your mind be of steel and keep trying to get up to achieve your dream. Believe in yourself. Do not lose hope and think that sometimes it is necessary fail to achieve success.

I leave you with an excellent and curious video that contains a few words about success:


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  1.   Luis Orlando Figueroa Sanchez said

    Tremendous teachings God bless you

  2.   Anonymous said

    KFC MAINTAINS ITS CHARACTERISTIC COLORS RED, WHITE GRAY TRACES THE SAME CREATOR CORONEL SANDERS WHO UNTIL TODAY THE BRAND'S MASCOT THAT HAS KEPT IN THE CONSUMER'S MIND AS ONE OF THE BEST RESTAURANTS, AT THE SAME TIME BEING ITS GENERAL MARKET GOAL.