A candidate for a news broadcasters post was rejected because of his voice.
He was also told that with his obnoxiously long name, he would never be famous.
He is NONE OTHER THAN Amitabh Bachchan..
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From India, Vijayawada
44He was also told that with his obnoxiously long name, he would never be famous.
He is NONE OTHER THAN Amitabh Bachchan..
CRK
-- To be continued...
From India, Vijayawada
A small boy - the fifth amongst seven siblings of a poor father, was selling newspapers in a small village to earn his living. He was not exceptionally smart at school but was fascinated by religion and rockets.
The first rocket he built crashed..
A missile that he built crashed multiple times.. and he was made a butt of ridicule..
He is the person to have scripted the space Odyssey of India single-handedly
He is none other than -
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
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From India, Vijayawada
The first rocket he built crashed..
A missile that he built crashed multiple times.. and he was made a butt of ridicule..
He is the person to have scripted the space Odyssey of India single-handedly
He is none other than -
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
CRK
From India, Vijayawada
In 1962, four nervous young musicians played their first record audition for the executives of the Decca recording Company. The executives were not impressed. While turning down this group of musicians, one executive said, "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out." The group was called The Beatles.
In 1944, Emmeline Snively, director of the Blue Book Modelling Agency told modelling hopeful Norma Jean Baker, "You'd better learn secretarial work or else get married." She went on and became Marilyn Monroe.
In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, Fired a singer after one performance. He told him, "You ain't goin' nowhere....son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck." He went on to become Elvis Presley.
When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it did not ring off the hook with calls from potential backers. After making a demonstration call, President Rutherford Hayes said, "That's an amazing invention, but who would ever want to see one of them?"
When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, he tried over 2000 experiments before he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it felt to fail so many times. He said, "I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be a 2000-step process."
In the 1940s, another young inventor named Chester Carlson took his idea to 20 corporations, including some of the biggest in the country. They all turned him down. In 1947, after 7 long years of rejections, he finally got a tiny company in Rochester, NY, the Haloid Company, to purchase the rights to his invention -- an electrostatic paper-copying process. Haloid became Xerox Corporation..
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From India, Vijayawada
In 1944, Emmeline Snively, director of the Blue Book Modelling Agency told modelling hopeful Norma Jean Baker, "You'd better learn secretarial work or else get married." She went on and became Marilyn Monroe.
In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, Fired a singer after one performance. He told him, "You ain't goin' nowhere....son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck." He went on to become Elvis Presley.
When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it did not ring off the hook with calls from potential backers. After making a demonstration call, President Rutherford Hayes said, "That's an amazing invention, but who would ever want to see one of them?"
When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, he tried over 2000 experiments before he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it felt to fail so many times. He said, "I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be a 2000-step process."
In the 1940s, another young inventor named Chester Carlson took his idea to 20 corporations, including some of the biggest in the country. They all turned him down. In 1947, after 7 long years of rejections, he finally got a tiny company in Rochester, NY, the Haloid Company, to purchase the rights to his invention -- an electrostatic paper-copying process. Haloid became Xerox Corporation..
CRK
From India, Vijayawada
A little girl - the 20th of 22 children, was born prematurely and her survival was doubtful. When she was 4 years old, she contracted double pneumonia and scarlet fever, which left her with a paralysed left leg. At age 9, she removed the metal leg brace she had been dependent on and began to walk without it. By 13 she had developed a rhythmic walk, which doctors said was a miracle. That same year she decided to become a runner. She entered a race and came in last. For the next few years every race she entered, she came in last. Everyone told her to quit, but she kept on running.
One day she actually won a race; and then another. From then on she won every race she entered. Eventually this little girl - Wilma Rudolph, went on to win three Olympic gold medals.
A school teacher scolded a boy for not paying attention to
his mathematics and for not being able to solve simple problems. She told him that you would not become anybody in life. The boy was Albert Einstein.
Back in 1932 was out of a job and broke, and his wife was expecting a baby. Although he was a heating engineer, there were no jobs available and Darrow and his wife were just barely subsisting on the few odd jobs he could get as a handyman.
Things were bleak. Fate didn't reckon with the courage of this man and his wife, however.They laughed at it, literally. In the evenings, to take their minds off their troubles, they made a little game in which they could pretend they were millionaires, recalling pleasant vacations in nearby Atlantic City. They reconstructed the area adjoining the boardwalk. Darrow carved hotels and houses out of small pieces of wood, and they called the game Monopoly. Three years later, in 1935 the game was marketed by Parker Brothers, and Darrow and his wife became millionaires because they allowed adversity to make them instead of break them.
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To be contd...
From India, Vijayawada
One day she actually won a race; and then another. From then on she won every race she entered. Eventually this little girl - Wilma Rudolph, went on to win three Olympic gold medals.
A school teacher scolded a boy for not paying attention to
his mathematics and for not being able to solve simple problems. She told him that you would not become anybody in life. The boy was Albert Einstein.
Back in 1932 was out of a job and broke, and his wife was expecting a baby. Although he was a heating engineer, there were no jobs available and Darrow and his wife were just barely subsisting on the few odd jobs he could get as a handyman.
Things were bleak. Fate didn't reckon with the courage of this man and his wife, however.They laughed at it, literally. In the evenings, to take their minds off their troubles, they made a little game in which they could pretend they were millionaires, recalling pleasant vacations in nearby Atlantic City. They reconstructed the area adjoining the boardwalk. Darrow carved hotels and houses out of small pieces of wood, and they called the game Monopoly. Three years later, in 1935 the game was marketed by Parker Brothers, and Darrow and his wife became millionaires because they allowed adversity to make them instead of break them.
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To be contd...
From India, Vijayawada
By (c) Arthur -
Are you ready to succeed in whatever you have set out to do?
Are you ready to reach out to your dream with conviction and commitment so that you really achieve what you dream for?
Regardless of what you want to achieve, did you really do it with all you got despite the obstacles that are thrown in your path.
Winners never quit and quitter never wins.
In the 1968 Olympics, John Stephen Akhwari of Tanzania started the marathon with the rest of the runners. However, he was all alone when he reached the finishing line long after the winner broke the finish line tape with only a handful of spectators left in the stadium. Later, a reporter interview him and asked why didn't he quit like the rest of the runners since the winner has already broke the finish line tape. He answered by saying that "My country did not send me to the Olympics to start the race. They sent me here to finished it."
The key of success is that we should not quit just because of one race. We must keep moving, learning and training, eventually, we will be able to improve and run the race better and stronger the next time.
Many people do take actions to move in the direction of their goal. However, many failed because quitting is an easier options.
Herbert Kaufman once quoted: "Failure is only postponed success as long as courage "coaches" ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory."
Quitting too often in the long run can turn into a bad habits as you easily gave up due to some obstacles along the way. The world would not have advanced to what it was today, if not for those people who never thought of quitting when things does not turned out as what they have initially planned.
Thomas A Edison discovered 10,000 ways that did not work when he tried to invent the light bulb. He could have quitted long ago but he never. He says: "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
Our character and will power are developed by the things we constantly do. Unconsciously, you will developed a weak character and will power when you quit too quickly whenever you encounter some obstacles when striving towards your goal.
Everyone slip and fall along the way, you can get battered and bruised, but get up, dust yourselves and keep moving even when no one is cheering you on. Failure is never permanent until the day you decide to quit and give up.
Without a never quitting attitude, we wouldn't be able to accomplish anything. Developing a never quitting attitude is what that drives you internally and externally to succeed in whatever you want to do.
Wishing you success as a winner who never quit.
CRK
From India, Vijayawada
Are you ready to succeed in whatever you have set out to do?
Are you ready to reach out to your dream with conviction and commitment so that you really achieve what you dream for?
Regardless of what you want to achieve, did you really do it with all you got despite the obstacles that are thrown in your path.
Winners never quit and quitter never wins.
In the 1968 Olympics, John Stephen Akhwari of Tanzania started the marathon with the rest of the runners. However, he was all alone when he reached the finishing line long after the winner broke the finish line tape with only a handful of spectators left in the stadium. Later, a reporter interview him and asked why didn't he quit like the rest of the runners since the winner has already broke the finish line tape. He answered by saying that "My country did not send me to the Olympics to start the race. They sent me here to finished it."
The key of success is that we should not quit just because of one race. We must keep moving, learning and training, eventually, we will be able to improve and run the race better and stronger the next time.
Many people do take actions to move in the direction of their goal. However, many failed because quitting is an easier options.
Herbert Kaufman once quoted: "Failure is only postponed success as long as courage "coaches" ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory."
Quitting too often in the long run can turn into a bad habits as you easily gave up due to some obstacles along the way. The world would not have advanced to what it was today, if not for those people who never thought of quitting when things does not turned out as what they have initially planned.
Thomas A Edison discovered 10,000 ways that did not work when he tried to invent the light bulb. He could have quitted long ago but he never. He says: "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
Our character and will power are developed by the things we constantly do. Unconsciously, you will developed a weak character and will power when you quit too quickly whenever you encounter some obstacles when striving towards your goal.
Everyone slip and fall along the way, you can get battered and bruised, but get up, dust yourselves and keep moving even when no one is cheering you on. Failure is never permanent until the day you decide to quit and give up.
Without a never quitting attitude, we wouldn't be able to accomplish anything. Developing a never quitting attitude is what that drives you internally and externally to succeed in whatever you want to do.
Wishing you success as a winner who never quit.
CRK
From India, Vijayawada
A carter was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into a rut.
The rustic driver, stupefied and aghast, stood looking at the wagon, and did nothing but utter loud cries to Hercules to come and help him.
Hercules, it is said, appeared and thus addressed him: "Put your shoulders to the wheels, my man. Goad on your bullocks, and never more pray to me for help, until you have done your best to help yourself, or depend upon it you will henceforth pray in vain."
Moral of the Story -
Give your best effort, before praying God to grant you the success
From India, Vijayawada
The rustic driver, stupefied and aghast, stood looking at the wagon, and did nothing but utter loud cries to Hercules to come and help him.
Hercules, it is said, appeared and thus addressed him: "Put your shoulders to the wheels, my man. Goad on your bullocks, and never more pray to me for help, until you have done your best to help yourself, or depend upon it you will henceforth pray in vain."
Moral of the Story -
Give your best effort, before praying God to grant you the success
From India, Vijayawada
Source: Email
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour a day to drain the fluids from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed next to the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.
The man in the other bed would live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the outside world. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake, the man had said. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Lovers walked arm in arm amid flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene.
One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man could not hear the band, he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. Unexpectedly, an alien thought entered his head: Why should hehave all the pleasure of seeing everything while I never get to see anything? It didn't seem fair. As the thought fermented, the man felt ashamed at first. But as the days passed and he missed seeing more sights, his envy eroded into resentment and soon turned him sour. He began to brood and found himself unable to sleep. He should be by that window - and that thought now controlled his life.
Late one night, as he lay staring at the ceiling, the man by the window began to cough. He was choking on the fluid in his lungs. The other man watched in the dimly lit room as the struggling man by the window groped for the button to call for help. Listening from across the room, he never moved, never pushed his own button which would have brought the nurse running. In less than five minutes, the coughing and choking stopped, along with the sound of breathing. Now, there was only silence--deathly silence.
The following morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths. When she found the lifeless body of the man by the window, she was saddened and called the hospital attendant to take it away--no words, no fuss. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.
Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it all himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall.
Moral of the Story
The pursuit of happiness is a matter of choice...it is a positive attitude we consciously choose to express. It is not a gift that gets delivered to our doorstep each morning, nor does it come through the window. And I am certain that our circumstances are just a small part of what makes us joyful. If we wait for them to get just right, we will never find lasting joy.
The pursuit of happiness is an inward journey. Our minds are like programs, awaiting the code that will determine behaviors; like bank vaults awaiting our deposits. If we regularly deposit positive, encouraging, and uplifting thoughts, if we continue to bite our lips just before we begin to grumble and complain, if we shoot down that seemingly harmless negative thought as it germinates, we will find that there is much to rejoice about
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From India, Vijayawada
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