Famous Failures: Hundreds of Hot Shots who Got Rejected, Flunked Out, Worked Lousy Jobs, Goofed Up, Or Did Time in...

ISBN-10: 0977259021
ISBN-13: 9780977259021
Category: Biography
Language: English
Published: 2007
Author: Joey Green

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Just graduated with no prospects whatsoever? Been fired from your job? Rejected from a snazzy college? Looking for that next big break but coming up empty handed?nbsp;Fear not, you’re in excellent company . . .nbsp; nbsp; •nbsp;Albert Einstein failed the entrance exams to the Swiss Polytechnic Institute. •nbsp;J. K. Rowling lived on welfare in an apartment infested with mice. •nbsp;Muhammad Ali graduated 376th from a high school class of 391 students. •nbsp;Julia Roberts auditioned for All My Children but didn’t get the part. •nbsp;Dick Cheney flunked out of Yalenbsp;University—twice. • And hundreds more! nbsp; Each page ofFamous Failuresfeatures a headline revealing the major failure of a person who later became phenomenally successful, and the smaller type at the bottom of each page explains that person's remarkable achievements.nbsp;It all goes to show that no one has made the climb to the top without encountering an avalanche along the way. Reading just a few pages of this book makes you want to go back out there and try, try again.nbsp;

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