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Failure isn't fatal. Neither is rejection. Failing doesn't mean there's something wrong with you. Failure is an opportunity to make adjustments, tweaks, changes, improvements so you can make a strong comeback.
Failure might hurt a little at first, but when you have grit <insert link to grit post>, it inspires you to want to do better.
Instead of letting repeated failures be a sign to give up, people with grit persevere.
The book Carrie by Stephen King was rejected 30 times before it was published.
Animal Farm by George Orwell was rejected because there was no market for animal stories in the USA back then.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was rejected 12 times and J. K. Rowling was told “not to quit her day job.”
Walt Disney was fired from his job at the Kansas City Star in 1919 because, his editor said, he “lacked imagination and had no good ideas.”
Charles Darwin wasn’t enthused on becoming a scientist his whole life because his father called him lazy and too dreamy. Darwin once wrote, “I was considered by all my masters and my father, a very ordinary boy, rather below the common standard of intellect.”
So always remember: Be proud of your work. And never quit trying.
Source: https://medium.com/personal-growth/the-theory-of-grit-as-a-predictor-of-success-in-life-24274ceec46
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