Another motivational email from my colleagues at Re/Max. I do not ever feel like I just "give up". Often I find myself trying to find another way to make something work which ultimately leads to something better and something I would have never thought of doing, totally unrelated. I know that is a really general statement, but it makes sense to me :)
So after reading this email message this morning it just re affirmed that toxic pessimistic people exist everywhere around us. Only you know deep inside what is your passion and what you are capable of. Never give up if your heart tells you otherwise. There is always a reason and nothing is a mistake. It is all part of the journey to discovering self, mind and spirit. Sit, be still and listen.
Rejected a total of 140 times. The book? Chicken Soup for the Soul. It now has 65 different titles and has sold over 80 million copies all over the world.
Told by a teacher he was "too stupid to learn anything" Thomas Edison
Failed the sixth grade - Winston Churchill
Wasn't able to speak until he was almost 4 years old and his teachers said he would "never amount to much" - Albert Einstein
Did poorly in school and failed at running the family farm - Isaac Newton
Was not allowed to wait on customers in the store he worked in because "he didn't have enough sense" - F. W. Woolworth
Was cut from the high school basketball team, went home, locked himself in his room and cried - Michael Jordan
Producer told her she was "unattractive" and could not act - Marilyn Monroe
His first book was rejected by 12 publishing houses and sixteen agents. - John Grisham
Turned down by a recording company saying "We don't like their sound and guitar music is on the way out" They were talking about the Beatles
Was told by his father that he would amount to nothing and be a disgrace to himself and his family - Charles Darwin
Told by a music teacher "as a composer he is hopeless" - Beethoven
