“If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I
am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is
another step forward,” said the man who revolutionized the 20th
century with the invention of the light bulb as well as the
phonograph and the motion picture camera. But what if Thomas
Edison had given up on his tenth attempt to perfect the light
bulb? Or even the 9,999th time? The ability to withstand failure
is a quality inherent not only to inventors but also to most
scientists, artists, celebrities, entrepreneurs and public
figures. Here are some game-changers who faced failure or
rejection before finally succeeding: 1. J.K Rowling The author
of the Harry Potter series didn’t magically become wealthier
than the Queen of England. Impoverished and divorced, she wrote
the first book in the series on an old typewriter only to
encounter rejection by more than ten publishers. A year later, a
publisher named Barry Cunningham agreed to publish her book, but
suggested she get another job be