It went on to be one of the largest grossing movies in film history, and created a series of 10 films that have won a total of 7 academy awards and 9.2 billion dollars in revenue. The movie Star Wars was rejected by every movie studio in Hollywood before 20 th Century Fox finally produced it. More than 60 million copies of his books are now in print. And that is why I succeed.”įifteen publishers and thirty agents turned down John Grisham’s first novel, A Time to Kill. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the gam winning shot, and I have missed. He once said, “I have missed over 9,000 shots in my career. Michael Jordanīasketball superstar Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. Now he owns the street corners he used to fight on and has written and published 10 books, including Mrs. A friend stayed up with him all night and read him a copy of Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Daniel, you’re no good, you’re a bad apple and you’re never going to amount to anything.” Peter was totally illiterate until he was 26. Daniels was in the fourth grade, his teacher, Mrs. It became a runaway bestseller, and then spawned a blockbuster movie and a highly successful television series. Richard Hooker worked for seven years on his humorous war novel, M*A*S*H, only to have it rejected by twenty-one publishers before Morrow decided to publish it. And all of his children’s books went on to sell a total of more than 100 million copies. The twenty-eighth publisher, Vanguard Press, sold six million copies of the book. Seuss’ first children’s book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, was rejected by twenty-seven publishers. But he tried one more time, was accepted, and marched into the history books. When he applied for admission to West Point, he was turned down, not once but twice. General Douglas MacArthurĪnother person who was rejected by the school of his choice was the famous World War II general-General Douglas MacArthur, who might never have gained power and fame without being persistent. After directing and producing such blockbuster hits as Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Jurassic Park, The Color Purple, Saving Private Ryan, and Lincoln, he now sits on the Board of Directors of the USC film school, and donates a million dollars a year to the school. Steven Spielberg was rejected three times when he applied to the USC School of Theater, Film and Television. Learn 6 steps to achieve ANY goal during my webinar.
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