People Who Proved That Success Is The Best Revenge

 
Success is the best revenge
Success is the best revenge

 

 We've all faced rejections and failures in our lives. While some of us see them as a sign of stopping,     others keep going to make their dreams come true.

 Let's read few famous stories to understand 


Stories of Nokia and Yahoo

1. Nokia refused Android
2. Yahoo refused Google

Lesson:-
1. Take risks.
2. Embrace changes.
3. If you refuse to change with time, you might perish.

 Stories of Facebook and Grab

1. Facebook takes over WhatsApp and Instagram.
2. Grab takes over Uber

Lesson:
1. Become so powerful that your competitors become your allies.
2. Reach the top position and then eliminate the competition.
3. Keep innovating.

Stories of KFC  and Jack Ma

1. Colonel Sanders founded KFC at the age of 65.
2. Jack Ma, who couldn't get a job at KFC, founded Alibaba

Lesson:
1. Age is just a number
2. Only those who keep trying succeed

 Few more stories you will love to know

Some of our favourite celebrities also faced rejections before making it big, Their stories give us lessons in motivation and hard work.

1. Ayushmann Khurrana was rejected in singing and acting reality TV shows. 

Aysuhmann was apparently rejected in the auditions of the reality show Cinestar Ki Khoj in 2003. Later, in 2014, he was called upon to mentor the contestants in the third season of the same show.

2. Oprah Winfrey was fired from her job as a television reporter and told that she was 'unfit for TV'

She was shifted to a morning show from the evening show she used to run.

 3. J.K. Rowling's original synopsis of ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone’ was rejected by 12 different publishing houses.

 4.Famous crickter Sachin Tendulkar was rejected in the first selection trials he appeared for. He was told that he needed to work hard and improve his game. While he thought that he had batted well, his focus and commitment increased manifold after that rejection.

 5.Crickter Virat Kohli was once rejected in state selections for Delhi.Earlier this year, he talked about that anecdote while interacting with students in an online session organised by Unacademy. He said:

I remember it was late at night and I just cried. I howled till about three in the morning and I could not believe it. Because I scored well, everything was going perfectly for me. I performed till I reached that stage and I was rejected. And I kept asking my coach for two hours, why didn't it happen? And I couldn't make sense of it.

 6.Business entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, the man who sold his company to Cisco for $3.7 billion went through 20 rejections.The Indian-American business entrepreneur had to go through 20 rejections from venture capitalists before he was even able to get the initial funding of $5 million to start the company.

7. The actor Irrfan Khan faced several rejections for his looks.The actor who made it big in both, Bollywood and Hollywood, was once also not paid for a TV show because the makers thought his acting was “bad”.

 8.Gigi Hadid was rejected twice by the lingerie brand, Victoria Secrets, for being too big and athletic. Gigi was a professional volleyball player at the time and was told she had "too much muscle" and was "bulky", before she got her big break

Lesson:

1-Rejection gives you more power to push forward. 

2- Never ever give up

 
Last but not least:

1. Lamborghini was founded as a result of revenge of a tractor owner who was insulted by Enzo Ferrari, the founder of Ferrari

 Lesson:
1. Never underestimate anyone, ever!!
2. Success is the best revenge