This document discusses 10 famous people who experienced failure but never gave up, including Steve Jobs, Henry Ford, Bill Gates, Colonel Sanders, Walt Disney, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Winston Churchill, Oprah Winfrey, and Abraham Lincoln. Steve Jobs was fired from Apple, Henry Ford's businesses failed five times before Ford Motor Company succeeded, and Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard and his first business failed before founding Microsoft. These individuals all experienced rejection and failure in their early careers but went on to achieve great success through perseverance.

1. In Good company: 10 People who
failed but Never Quit.

2. Steve Job: Got fired from Apple, a Company he
founded.

3. Henry Ford: Failed business left him broke five
times before he founded the successful Ford
Motor Company.

4. Bill Gates: A drop out from Harvard and starting a failed
first business with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen called
Traf-O-Data. Gate later created the global empire that is
Microsoft.

5. Colonel Harland David Sanders: his famous secret chicken recipe was
rejected 1,009 times before a restaurant accepted it, later founded
Kentucky Fried Chicken

6. Walt Disney: fired by a newspaper editor because, "he lacked imagination and
had no good ideas." Started number of business that ended in bankruptcy and
failure, eventually created “Disney”, today Disney rakes in billions from
merchandise, movies and theme parks around the world

7. Albert Einstein: he was called mentally handicapped, slow and anti-
social. Eventually, he was expelled from school and was refused
admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School. well in the end, he won
Nobel Prize and changed the face of modern physics.

8. Thomas Edison: In his early years, teachers told Edison he was "too stupid to
learn anything. "Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the
light bulb. all those unsuccessful attempts finally resulted in the design that
worked.

9. Winston Churchill: Struggled in school and failed the sixth grade. Defeated
in every election for public office until he finally became the Prime Minister
at the ripe old age of 62. Won the Nobel Prize, twice-elected Prime Minster
of the United Kingdom.

10. Oprah Winfrey: enduring a rough and often abusive childhood as well as numerous
career setbacks including being fired from her job as a television reporter because
she was "unfit for tv.” Today Oprah is one of the most iconic faces on TV as well as
one of the richest and most successful women in the world.

11. Abraham Lincoln: He started numerous failed business and was defeated in
numerous runs he made for public office. He became one of the greatest
leaders of the United States and the world.

12. Thank you…
Reach for your
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13. Thank You.
Akin Akinfenwa
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