Learn from these
Powerful Famous Failures



Let these famous failures motivate you. Fear of failure is fear of living, so embrace every failure as a learning opportunity.

What if these folks had given up?

  • Thomas Edison tried more than 9,000 experiments before he created the first successful light bulb

  • Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard

  • Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team

  • Albert Einstein's teachers told him he would never amount to anything because his grades were so bad

  • J.K. Rowling was a single mom living on welfare before Harry Potter came to life

  • Dick Cheney flunked out of Yale twice

  • Walt Disney’s first cartoon production company went bankrupt

  • Lucille Ball was dismissed from her drama class

  • Abraham Lincoln had 2 failed businesses and 8 failed election attempts

Embrace your perceived failures as some of the best learning experiences you can have. Learn from failure and watch how powerful your successes will be.

So many people don't try new things because they're afraid of failure.

-But what if you don’t fail?
-What if you fail, but something better comes as a result?
-Or what if you fail and learn something so powerful it will change your life?

Successful people always fail because they take risks and understand it’s just part of the learning process.



Let these powerful failures motivate you:




famous failures
You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. ~Walt Disney