In a movie of the Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan, "Baazigar" the main protagonist states that the person who wins after being defeated is actually the Champion. The cases in which people have been successful at the very first attempt, have been very few and far between. More often than none, people have been unsuccessful and gaining experience out of the 'unsuccess', have become success stories themselves.
Following is a list of 5 unsuccessful stories that transformed into grand successes-
1) Walt Disney- As a child I was more often than none on a diet of Walt Disney cartoons & animation movies and hence it was a real shocker for me to find out that not only Walt Disney was fired from his job citing that he lacked imagination, his first venture also went bankrupt. He persisted in what he believed and was able to create the empire that Walt Disney is today.
2) Albert Einstein- This genius was thought to be mentally handicapped by his teachers as he could not speak till he was four years and was hardly able to read till he was seven. That Einstein's brain has been preserved to study the reason for his immense intellect is a testimony to the scientific acumen of the man.
3) JK Rowling- Divorced, raising a single child, fired from her job as a secretary, not really the perfect recipe for the making of the Harry Potter blockbuster series. But Rowling was not only able to stem the tide but also take into her stride, the many rejections that her Harry Potter script faced at the hands of the many publishing houses where she went.
4) Mamata Banerjee- This diminutive first woman chief minister of the east Indian state of West Bengal was termed as a mad woman, rabble rouser with nuisance value by her many political opponents. She literally rose from the ashes to become one of the most powerful politicians in India today.
5) Team India- The Indian cricket team lost all their matches when they visited England, last year. This included a drubbing in a 4 match test series as well as losses in the ODI and T20 matches. This time, the Indian cricket team went to England with a vengeance. They did not loose a single match during the tour and the successful campaign culminated into India being crowned the Champions of the ICC Champions Trophy involving 8 cricketing nations. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose head the critics wanted before the start of the tour, has emerged stronger after this impressive performance. In fact, MSD became the first captain in the world to have won all types of International championships- T20, World Cup and now Champions Trophy besides leading team India to the number one position among the test playing nations.
What all members of Blue Caramel need to understand is that problems and failures are momentary and continuous. But beyond each failure, there lies the sweet taste of success for which we have to persevere. Thus Failure is the mother of Success!
Following is a list of 5 unsuccessful stories that transformed into grand successes-
1) Walt Disney- As a child I was more often than none on a diet of Walt Disney cartoons & animation movies and hence it was a real shocker for me to find out that not only Walt Disney was fired from his job citing that he lacked imagination, his first venture also went bankrupt. He persisted in what he believed and was able to create the empire that Walt Disney is today.
2) Albert Einstein- This genius was thought to be mentally handicapped by his teachers as he could not speak till he was four years and was hardly able to read till he was seven. That Einstein's brain has been preserved to study the reason for his immense intellect is a testimony to the scientific acumen of the man.
3) JK Rowling- Divorced, raising a single child, fired from her job as a secretary, not really the perfect recipe for the making of the Harry Potter blockbuster series. But Rowling was not only able to stem the tide but also take into her stride, the many rejections that her Harry Potter script faced at the hands of the many publishing houses where she went.
4) Mamata Banerjee- This diminutive first woman chief minister of the east Indian state of West Bengal was termed as a mad woman, rabble rouser with nuisance value by her many political opponents. She literally rose from the ashes to become one of the most powerful politicians in India today.
5) Team India- The Indian cricket team lost all their matches when they visited England, last year. This included a drubbing in a 4 match test series as well as losses in the ODI and T20 matches. This time, the Indian cricket team went to England with a vengeance. They did not loose a single match during the tour and the successful campaign culminated into India being crowned the Champions of the ICC Champions Trophy involving 8 cricketing nations. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose head the critics wanted before the start of the tour, has emerged stronger after this impressive performance. In fact, MSD became the first captain in the world to have won all types of International championships- T20, World Cup and now Champions Trophy besides leading team India to the number one position among the test playing nations.
What all members of Blue Caramel need to understand is that problems and failures are momentary and continuous. But beyond each failure, there lies the sweet taste of success for which we have to persevere. Thus Failure is the mother of Success!
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