Believe you can make it.

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  ovudex · Member · Feb 15, 2016 at 1:22 pm

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  Regardless of what other people think, if you
  have an idea that you truly believe in, don’t
  give up on it just because they tell you to.
  People are slow to accept change and new
  ideas can often seem stupid or unreasonable.
  However, if it weren’t for the people who took
  the first leaps and continued working to make
  their ideas happen, we wouldn’t be able to
  enjoy the many luxuries that we have today.
  Here are 4 never give up stories to help you
  keep going and to help you pursue your
  dreams, goals and ideas.
  1. Howard Schultz and Starbucks – Raking in
  $13.2 billion last year in revenues, Starbucks
  has become a household name here in North
  America, and around the world internationally.
  Who is the man behind it all? Howard Schultz.
  In the 1980’s, Schultz noticed the coffee bar
  trend in Europe and wanted to bring the idea
  to North America. However, the concept was
  so bizarre at the time that people could not
  perceive the idea of serving coffee in paper
  cups over the counter, when they could just
  brew it themselves at home. Coffee business
  at the time primarily dealt with roasting coffee
  to sell for home brewing. In order to bring his
  new idea to life, he needed $1.6 million.
  Schultz met with numerous potential investors,
  but was shut down 242times before someone
  gave him a shot. Without his persistence, self-
  confidence and the strong belief he had in his
  own ideas, there would be no tall, no venti
  and no grande, today.
  2. Walt Disney – Fired from one of his earliest
  jobs working for a newspaper for lacking
  creativity and having no good ideas, Walt
  Disney’s empire did not come easy. Disney
  faced ridicule, rejection and bankruptcy before
  he managed to create all of the childhood
  characters that we grew to love. He took
  chances and believed in himself and his work.
  He never gave up on Mickey Mouse and he
  never gave up on Disneyland. When he first
  proposed his idea for a new theme park, the
  city of Anaheim rejected his idea because they
  felt the concept was cheap and that it would
  only attract people of a low social status.
  What about now? Last year, The Walt Disney
  Company raked in $42.2 billion in revenue.
  3. Thomas Edison and the Light Bulb –
  Teachers often said that Edison was too
  stupid to learn anything. In fact, he was fired
  from his first two jobs because his bosses felt
  he was unproductive. Throughout his life, his
  peers believed that he would never amount to
  much. When he first tried to invent the light
  bulb, he actually failed 1,000 times. However,
  he didn’t count them as failures. Through
  motivation and dedication, he was able to
  invent the light bulb with 1,000 steps.
  4. Winston Churchill and Becoming the Prime
  Minister of Great Britain – Like Edison,
  Churchill had difficulties as a child during his
  school years. After deciding to become a
  politician, he was defeated in every single
  election for public office, until he became
  Prime Minister at the age of 62. What does
  Churchill have to say about failure? “Never
  give in–never, never, never, never, in nothing
  great or small, large or petty, never give in
  except to convictions of honor and good
  sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the
  apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”

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