By:
Nithya C.
We know it is hard to keep working toward your
dreams. So, take five minutes and read about five incredible people who did not
let challenge stop them from success. We know you will be inspired. #NeverStop
J.K Rowling (author of the Harry Potter
series):
In
1994 the famous J.K. Rowling was in a divorce, and could barely afford to feed
herself. This was three years before “Harry
Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” the first book in the Harry Potter
series, came out. When she finished the book, she was so poor she couldn’t
afford the cost of photocopying the huge novel, so she manually typed copies of
the the story to send to publishers. She was rejected dozens of times while
trying to get her book published. She kept trying she was determined. Finally,
Bloomsbury, a small publishing company in London, gave it another chance when
the company’s CEO’s daughter fell in love with Harry and his adventure.
Michael Jordan (basketball player):
The
famous Michaels Jordan was kicked off of his high school basketball team. He
didn’t see this as failure. He used it as a learning experience. He tried
harder and harder until he became a professional basket player. He says, “I've failed over
and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed."
Salvador Dali (Spanish
painter):
Dali was expelled from art school,
but he didn’t stop. He still worked and went on to become one of the most
famous surrealist painters.
José Neto (massage
therapist)
José
is a Brazilian man who now lives in Canada. When Jose was studying English in
Canada he was hit by a stray bullet and blinded. He didn’t let this destroy
him. He became a massage therapist to help inspire everyone who comes his way.
He says that it made him become a better person.
Sun Jifa:
Sun Jifa lost his hands in a fishing
accident when a bomb exploded prematurely. He couldn't afford to buy prosthetic
hands so he spent eight years building his own from scrap metal he found.
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