The great inventor Thomas Edison
tried over 1,000 times to create the electric light bulb before he was
successful. Sylvester Stallone took his script for the first Rocky movie
to every studio in Hollywood and was turned down before one studio finally
agreed to film the movie (It went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture).
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the road to success is paved
with failure.
Most people avoid failure at
all cost. Winners embrace failure as a necessary path to ultimate
success. It is time we looked at failure in a new light! Here are
all the wonderful things about failure:
- Failure is an awesome learning
experience. When Edison was asked if he was discouraged about
failing so many times he replied, " I didn't fail I was one step
closer each time to success."
- Failure gains the admiration of
others. Everyone loves the underdog and admires persistence.
- Failure keeps us grounded and
forces us to think more creatively about solutions and obstacles.
President Calvin Coolidge said
"Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not;
unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of
educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The
slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human
race."
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