Some of the world\u2019s most successful people were told by so-called experts that they didn\u2019t have what it took to be a success in the professions they had chosen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1927, Lucille Ball was told by an instructor at the John Murray Anderson Drama School, \u2018Try any other profession. Any other.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Universal Pictures dismissed both Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds, claiming that Reynolds had no talent and Eastwood talked too slowly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Malcolm Forbes, the late editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine, failed to become part of the staff of his school newspaper when he was an undergraduate at Princeton University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Decca Recording Company executives responded negatively to the audition of four young musicians, saying, \u2018We don\u2019t like their sound. Groups with guitars are on the way out.\u2019 So the Beatles took their sound elsewhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For seven years, a young inventor named Chester Carlson took his idea to twenty corporations, all of which turned him down. The Haloid Company finally purchased the rights to his electronic paper-copying process. And Haloid became Xerox. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t be discouraged if you are not finding the acceptance and success you desire right now. Your story is still being written! The Bible says, \u2018Do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises\u2019 (Hebrews 6:12 NKJV). Faith and patience are the two qualities that will bring you success. This is why the apostle Paul wrote: \u2018Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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