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14 Success Stories of Famous People ( Part-2 )

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  8. Thomas Edison George Rinhart/Corbis Historical Thomas Edison is not only the most famous inventor (of the phonograph, the movie camera, alkaline storage batteries, etc.) you know, given his well-known success story, but you also probably know him as a famous failure. In elementary school, we were all taught that Thomas Edison failed over 10,000 times when attempting to invent a commercially-viable electric lightbulb.  [4]   Edison was a master of trial and error. He was not afraid to make hundreds, or even thousands, of mistakes before figuring something out. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”  —Thomas Edison 9. Henry Ford Hindustan Times The success story of Henry Ford is one that is also well-known. Henry Ford, as you all know, is the father of the automobile and creator of the assembly line. He helped bring transportation to the masses in America with his Ford Model T car. But what you may not know was

14 Success Stories of Famous People ( Part-1 )

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14 Success Stories of Famous People Who Begin With Setbacks “Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again.” Success isn’t linear. If you zoom out on the success story of Amazon over the last twenty years, it appears as if it has only gone up based on stock value. But if you zoom in, there were constant ebbs and flows. There are months where share value tanked and it looked like it would never recover. Inevitably, those downturns were followed by tremendous gains that doubled or tripled their losses. It’s those setbacks that are necessary to learn and allow more room for future growth. I guarantee any celebrity or icon you look up to initially struggled in what they wanted to accomplish. Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Beyonce—yes, Beyonce—all struggled at some point. They thought they may fail. They probably had self-doubt in pursuing their dreams because they sounded ridiculous. Some thought they make end up working a desk job for the rest of their life. But th