Motivation – Grades Don't Define You

Jack Ma

CollegeFailed 3x

ResultAlibaba

Failed university entrance exams 3 times. Rejected by Harvard 10 times. Built a $400 Billion empire.

Steve Jobs

CollegeDropout

ResultApple

Dropped out of Reed College after just one semester. Co-founded Apple and revolutionized technology.

Albert Einstein

EntranceFailed

ResultNobel Prize

Failed the entrance exam to Zurich Polytechnic. Teachers called him "slow". Changed Physics forever.

Bill Gates

HarvardDropout

ResultMicrosoft

Dropped out of Harvard to chase a vision. "I failed some subjects, my friend passed all. Now he works for me."

Thomas Edison

SchoolExpelled

Result1093 Patents

Teachers said he was "too stupid to learn anything". His mother taught him. He invented the lightbulb.

Walt Disney

JobFired

ResultDisney

Fired from a newspaper for "lacking imagination and having no good ideas". Built the happiest place on earth.

J.K. Rowling

BookRejected 12x

ResultBillionaire

Unemployed, divorced, and rejected by 12 major publishers. Harry Potter became the best-selling book series.

Steven Spielberg

UniRejected 3x

Result3 Oscars

Rejected from USC Film School three times due to poor grades. Directed Jurassic Park and Jaws.

Michael Jordan

SchoolCut from Team

ResultGOAT

Cut from his high school basketball team. "I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

Abraham Lincoln

CareerLost 8x

ResultPresident

Failed in business, lost 8 elections. He didn't quit. He became the 16th US President and ended slavery.

Oprah Winfrey

JobFired from TV

ResultMedia Mogul

Fired from her first TV reporting job and told she was "not fit for television." Became the queen of media.

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

ExamFailed Pilot

ResultPresident

Missed his dream of becoming a fighter pilot by just one rank. Became India's "Missile Man" and the 11th President.

Mark Zuckerberg

HarvardDropout

ResultFacebook

Dropped out of Harvard in his sophomore year. Built a social network that connected billions of people.

Elon Musk

StanfordDropout

ResultSpaceX

Dropped out of his PhD at Stanford after just two days to start his first company. Now revolutionizing space travel.

S. Ramanujan

ExamFailed Arts

ResultGenius

Failed his Fine Arts exams because he focused only on Math. Became a Fellow of the Royal Society for his theorems.

Sachin Tendulkar

SchoolFailed 10th

ResultGod of Cricket

Failed his 10th standard board exams. Focused on his passion and scored 100 international centuries.

Richard Branson

SchoolDropout

ResultVirgin

Dropped out of school at 16 due to dyslexia. His headmaster told him he'd either go to prison or become a millionaire.

Amitabh Bachchan

JobRejected

ResultBig B

Rejected by All India Radio because his voice was "too heavy". Later became the most iconic voice in Indian cinema.

Colonel Sanders

RecipeRejected 1k+

ResultKFC

At age 65, his chicken recipe was rejected 1,009 times. He didn't give up and built the global KFC franchise.

Henry Ford

BusinessBankrupt 2x

ResultFord Motors

His first two automobile companies failed, leaving him bankrupt. He persisted and revolutionized modern manufacturing.

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