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Failure: The Blog 
September 2017
- A Reverse April Fool's Day
- An Undertaker's Necessary Creation
- Ioannis Yannas And His Accidental Discovery
- Nikola Tesla Lied To Pay His Bills
August 2017
- Green Eggs And Gambling
- The Dog That Sits On Editorial Boards
- A Failure Event Known As inX3
- How To "Unbrand" Yourself
- Stephen Hawking Won't Get A Voice Upgrade
July 2017
- Dying Stars Give Us Paint
- Worcestershire Sauce Wasn't A Hit At First
- Why Some Video Games Fail
- We Have The Internet Because of Fear of Failure
- The Mistake That Created The Whopper Jr.
June 2017
- Ben Schwartz Took Risks
- Robert Sternberg Failed His Psychology Class
- Sony Began With A Rice Cooker That Burned Rice
- Jay Coughlan Success Started With Prison
- Tai Lopez's Rags To Riches Story
May 2017
- Ways To Turn Those Failures Around
- Aaron Swenson Believes In Failure
- Scientific Discovery Requires Failure
- Millennials Need To Learn To Fail
- Gareth Edwards Feared Failure
April 2017
Sidney Poitier Was Told To “Go Wash Dishes”
Growing up poor in the Bahamas, Sidney Poitier had one dream which was to become an actor. He began his career with the American Negro Theatre in Harlem but wanted more. Even with that under his belt, he still hit resistance on his road to fame.
Poitier recalled in an interview with the Academy of Achievement just how difficult it was for him to reach his goals, especially because when he first started acting, he couldn’t read. He buckled down and really took the time to learn, albeit a bit slower than others. Poitier had an experience with a director when he tried out for one particular role on stage that changed his life. In fact, the man told him to just go get a job as a dishwasher instead!
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“And I realized then and there that what he said was his perception of my worth. He perceived me to be of no value beyond something that I could do with my hands. And while he was correct in his anger to characterize me that way, I was offended. I was offended deeply. And I said to myself, “I have to rectify that. I have to show him that he was wrong about me.”
Don’t be afraid to fail. Those who came before you failed first before they succeeded!
