{"id":151182,"date":"2012-07-30T21:05:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T18:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/inspiring-stories-of-successful-people-who-have-dealt-with-failure\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:56:07","slug":"inspiring-stories-of-successful-people-who-have-dealt-with-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/en\/inspiring-stories-of-successful-people-who-have-dealt-with-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Failure as a Teacher: How the Most Successful People Began"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently came across an article on economy.bg about \u201cSuccessful People Who Failed First.<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> And I have a soft spot for stories about people who overcame discouragement after failure<\/strong>. Like the little donkey that was thrown into a well but managed to climb out<\/a>, they are living examples of turning obstacles into stepping stones on the ladder of success<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This website already features such a story \u2013 the story of the remarkable Abraham Lincoln<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 but the article mentioned above adds several more.<\/p>\n

For example, Marilyn Monroe<\/strong>, who in her first contract was described as ugly<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Or Walt Disney<\/strong>, who was once told that he had no imagination<\/em>.<\/p>\n

There is also the well-known story of Thomas Edison<\/strong>, the inventor of the light bulb, who went through more than a thousand failed attempts<\/strong> before succeeding, and who at school was considered not particularly intelligent<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The article does not fail to mention Van Gogh<\/strong>, who managed to sell only one painting during his lifetime<\/strong> \u2013 to a friend \u2013 while today his paintings are worth millions.<\/p>\n

I also learned from it that the founder of Honda, Soichiro Honda<\/strong>, was rejected for a job at Toyota and remained unemployed for many years.<\/p>\n

And I didn\u2019t know that Steven Spielberg applied to university three times and was rejected each time<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n

These are examples from the lives of people who are not just successful, but exceptionally successful<\/strong>. What they all have in common is that they followed their hearts and what inspired them<\/strong>. And in doing so, they in turn became a source of inspiration for others like them<\/strong> \u2013 people who carry creative potential but, before success arrives in their lives, go through its opposite: failure, rejection, and defeat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Kameliya Hadzhiyska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently came across an article on economy.bg about \u201cSuccessful People Who Failed First.\u201d And I have a soft spot for stories about people who overcame discouragement after failure. Like the little donkey that was thrown into a well but managed to climb out, they are living examples of turning obstacles into stepping stones on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[648],"tags":[653,679],"class_list":["post-151182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotional-intelligence","tag-how-changes-happen","tag-success-in-life"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t