Once, a man reminded Edison that he failed to invent the storage battery 25,000 times, but the great inventor replied, "No, I didn't fail. I found the reason why 24,999 kinds of batteries didn't work. " Edison obtained 1093 patents for inventions, such as phonograph, film, electric pen, waxed paper and fluorescent lamp.
2. Sandoz:
The founder of KFC is Colonel Sanders. Colonel Sanders is a retired soldier. After leaving the army, he had no money, and his monthly life could only be maintained by subsidies issued by the government. Saunders has a secret recipe for fried chicken. He decided to recommend his secret recipe to the major food companies, but each company refused to face the ragged man.
After the efforts of 100 1, it was finally recognized by a food company. In the next short period of one and a half years, he opened 300 chain stores, which was well received by people. What prompted him to succeed was not giving up after repeated failures. He firmly believes that failure is the mother of success. ?
3.wellington:
Wellington was defeated in the battlefield at the beginning of the19th century, and fled hastily, hiding in the haystack of the farmhouse to avoid the wind and rain. He is in pain and depression. Suddenly, he found a spider struggling to weave a web in the corner in the wind and rain. Its spider silk was blown off again and again, but the spider spun silk again and again, not discouraged, and finally made a web.
The general was greatly encouraged, then rallied and finally defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.
4. Gou Jian:
In 496 BC, He Lv, the king of Wu, sent troops to attack the State of Yue, and was defeated by the State of Yue. He Lv was seriously injured and died. Two years later, He Lv's son, Fu Cha, led an army to defeat the state of Yue, and Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was escorted to the state of Wu as a slave. After serving the King of Yue in humiliation for three years, Fuxi cleared his guard and sent him back to Yue.
In fact, Gou Jian did not give up revenge. On the surface, he obeyed the king of Wu, but secretly trained elite soldiers, strengthened political supervision and governance, and waited for an opportunity to fight back against Wu. Hardship can exercise the will, and ease will kill it. Gou Jian was afraid that he would covet the comfort in front of him and kill the will for revenge, so he arranged a hard living environment for himself.
He sleeps at night without a mattress, just laying some firewood (called salary in ancient times) and hanging a gallbladder in the house. In order not to forget the shame of the past, he will taste the gallbladder from time to time. In order to encourage the people to join the Queen and the people in the labor, Gou Jian made the State of Yue strong with the help of Vietnamese Qi Xin, and finally found the opportunity to destroy the State of Wu.
5. Dumas:
Dumas, a famous French novelist, is the son of Dumas, a literary master. When he was young, he worked hard and wrote countless articles, but he didn't reveal his special status, and all he got was a rejection, but he never gave up on himself until La Traviata came out, which made a sensation in the whole European literary world and made a blockbuster.