Do you have one minute and seventeen seconds? If so, check out a new video making the rounds on the web.

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Here’s a transcript of the video:

Dismissed from drama school with a note that read, “Wasting her time. She’s too shy to put her best foot forward.”
(Lucille Ball)

Turned down by the Decca Recording Co. who said, “We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.” (The Beatles)

A failed soldier, farmer, and real estate agent, at 38 years old he went to work for his father as a handyman. (Ulysses S. Grant)

Cut from the high school basketball team, he went home, locked himself in his room and cried.
(Michael Jordan)

A teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything and he should go into a field where he might succeed by virtue of his pleasant personality.
(Thomas Edison)

Fired from a newspaper because he “lacked imagination” and had “no original ideas.”
(Walt Disney)

His fiancee died, he failed in business twice, he had a nervous breakdown, and he was defeated in eight elections. (Abraham Lincoln)

If you’ve never failed, you’ve never lived.

life = risk

All of these individuals were famous for their productivity in their chosen profession. As The Methodology Blog has covered before, success requires failure. Be prepared to make mistakes as they will lead you to victories. Reach out to experts like Slaughter Development who can help your organization tap into it’s true potential.

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