Using Failure As A Stepping Stone Toward Success - Part 3

Abraham Lincoln lost 5 elections and several appointed positions he sought before being elected President.

Department store founder R H Macey had 7 business failures before his New York store caught on.

English novelist John Creasey had 753 rejection slips before the first of his 564 books were published.

Novelist Richard Hooker worked for seven years on his humorous War Novel “Mash” only to have it rejected by 21 publishers before Morrow picked it up.

Playwright Tennessee Williams was angry when his play “Me,Vasha” was not selected at a Washington University competition. His teacher recalled that Williams criticized the judges choices and their intelligence as well.

The employers at a dry goods store where Retail Giant F.W. Woolworth started out said he didn’t have enough sense to wait on customers.

A “football expert” once said of Vince Lombardi, “He possesses minimal football knowledge and lacks motivation”.

Beethoven handled the violin awkwardly and was called by his teacher “hopeless as a composer”.