Dare to Fail Greatly

Dare to Fail Greatly

Let me tell you eight mini stories.    

~Henry Ford failed and went broke five times before he succeeded.

~R.H. Macy failed seven times before his store in NYC caught on.

~An expert said of Vince Lombardi:  “He possesses minimal football knowledge and lacks motivation.”  Lombardi would later write, “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get back up.”

~Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team.  He once observed, “I’ve failed over and over again in my life.  That is why I am a success.”

~Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because he lacked imagination and had no good ideas. 

~When Lucille Ball began studying acting in 1927, she was told by the head instructor of the John Murray Anderson Drama School to try another profession.

~Comedian Jerry Seinfeld walked on stage for his first professional comedian stint, looked out at the audience, and froze.  He forgot every word he was supposed to utter.  He returned the following night and closed his set to wild applause.

~In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, fired Elvis Presley after one performance.  He told Elvis, “You ain’t goin’ nowhere, son.  You ought to go back to drivin’ a truck.”

Robert F. Kennedy said:  Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly.”

Have you dared to be great lately?

Have you failed greatly lately?

If you have, remember this …

“It’s not the end of the world.

“It is not even the beginning of the end.

“It is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

(Paraphrase on a Winston Churchill

comment during WWII.)

P Michael Biggs

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