Success stories: how to make his mark
Men Theme Inspiration / / December 26, 2019
"I tried, and I failed"
Henry Ford
Henry Ford was born on a farm, learned not to be an engineer and returned home, where he created his first invention - a threshing machine that runs on gasoline. Thomas Edison bought the patent and established Ford as an engineer in the company. But the dream of fast and affordable car did not give Henry rest, and he resigned.
Fairly quickly the first automobile manufacturer Henry Ford went bankrupt. Ford second left because of disagreements with partners. The third did not have high sales. Another person at the site of Ford would long ago have abandoned everything, but he did not stop and became one of the most famous and successful entrepreneurs in the world.
Soichiro Honda
Soichiro Honda was born in a poor family, so from childhood he had to help his father. Over time, an apprentice in the workshop of automobile Soichiro turned into a business owner. But the money sorely lacking, so I had to lay the jewels of his wife. These investments have saved the situation briefly, Soichiro went bankrupt and left the village.
It would seem that it's time to give up, but Honda has continued to invent. Once he has attached to the bike's wife kerosene engine - turned out something like a moped.
And it was a breakthrough. First he started the production of motorcycles, then improved them, and then took up motorcycles and finally cars. Honda is thriving today.
Michael Jordan
The school does not have Jordan in the basketball team because the coach thought that the boy had no talent. Michael did not stop, and he enthusiastically began to train. Further way basketball was not easy.
During his career, he is recognized as the Jordan, he missed more than 9000 times and has lost more than 300 matches. But it is precisely this experience helped him to become a champion and one of the highest paid basketball players in history.
"I do not have a suitable education"
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Tsiolkovsky was born in a small village in the Ryazan province foresters family. I went to study in Moscow, but the university did not and diligently engaged in self-education. Then got a teaching of arithmetic and geography in one of the schools of the Kaluga province. And there laid the foundation of modern theoretical astronautics, and in years when the cosmos did not even dreamed of.
He was the first to substantiate the use of missiles to fly into space, independently studied aeronautics and rocket dynamics. This self-taught has become one of the most prominent and recognized scientists of the XX century.
Bill Gates
One of the richest people in the world in 20 years, was expelled from Harvard University. That, however, did not prevent him in the same year to open a Microsoft company.
Quentin Tarantino
The director, in which two "Oscars" piggy bank and many other prestigious awards, has not been studied in the Academy, and are not particularly shine at school. But at age 15 he got a job in a movie theater, where, reviewing countless films, was determined to make a movie of his profession. As you can see, he did it.
"I have no money"
Gerard Philips
Today, Philips - the market leader in the category of men's shavers and trimmers and largest manufacturing company tech devices: a modern medical equipment and new lighting applications, products for houses. But at the beginning of the founder and inventor Gerard Philips was almost sold the company.
Gerard opened the production of incandescent lamps, but it turned out to be unprofitable. Buy the company wanted to just one buyer, but he appointed a meager price that offended Phillips refused the offer. Although the company did not bring profit, Philips continued to seek ways of its development.
Ray Bradbury
Bradbury, who wrote the well-known throughout the world, "The Martian Chronicles," "Fahrenheit 451" and "Dandelion Wine" has not received professional education for a simple reason: there was no money for college. But every day, Ray went to the library, where he read and learned to write.
"I'm too young"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
In three years, Mozart listened to his older sister learns to play the harpsichord, and tried to pick their own harmonies. At 10 years old Mozart wrote his first symphony, and the first successful opera - 12.
Ingvar Kamprad
About IKEA heard everything but the name of its founder few know. Ingvar Kamprad was born and raised in the Swedish province. Even as a child he showed a penchant for business: selling all sorts of stuff classmates. A first IKEA store opened in 1943. Then Ingvar was 17 years old.
Of course, the commercial enterprise completely was not like today: there selling small items such as socks and paper clips. But eight years later, Ingvar was able to buy an abandoned factory, open a small furniture manufacture and release first catalog. Reasonable for the price and comfortable IKEA furniture has become popular throughout the world.
"Too late"
Amancio Ortega
Amancio Ortega 13 years got a messenger in a clothing store. For 37 years it has grown to an ordinary assistant. And then I realized that it was time to change something, and opened his own knitting factory. Ortega sewed clothes for a couple with his wife. And in the 40 years he got his first small shop.
Today, Ortega owns a network of shops all over the world: Zara, Bershka, Oysho, Pull & Bear, Stradivarius, Massimo Dutti.
Jan Koum
Founder of WhatsApp along with his mother emigrated to the US from Ukraine. Life was very difficult at first: in the 16 years he worked as a janitor Qom, barely making ends meet, and receive coupons for food. At age 18, he started programming and soon got a job at Yahoo. Its main project - WhatsApp - Jan Koum has developed 32 years, and 37 sold it for $ 19 billion.