Famous Failures

First book was rejected by 27 publishers.

• Dr. Suess

• JK Rowling

• Ronald Dahl

• Louis Sachar

Raised by single mom and dropped out of high school. Rejected by every major record label.

• P. Diddy

• Tupac

• Jay Z

• Lil Wayne

Told she didn't have the right look or was pretty enough to be a headliner.

• Lady Gaga

• Katy Perry

• Rhianna

• Adele

Failed the entrance exam to engineering school.

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Socrates

• Thomas Edison

• Albert Einstein

Defeated seven times while running for political office.

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Theodore Roosevelt

• John F. Kennedy

Fired because her boss thought she was “unfit for TV”.

• Oprah Winfrey

• Ellen DeGeneres

• Gwen Stefani

• Chrissy Tiegen

Lived in a van with his family and dropped out of school at the age of 16. Now is an actor and comedian in more that 40 films.

• Jim Carrey

• Adam Sandler

• Rob Schneider

• Kevin Hart

After his first performance he was told to go back to driving a truck for a living. He sold more that 600 million records and is known as the King of Rock & Roll

• Elvis Presley

• Michael Jackson

• Justin Timberlake

• Elton John

First book was rejected by 27 publishers. Went on to sell over 600 million copies of their 44 books.

• Dr. Suess

• JK Rowling

• Ronald Dahl

• Louis Sachar