Og Mandino's Failure

The American author, Og Mandino, who spent his life writing books about success and motivation and went through failure himself, once said, “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” There are many famous people who show that determination can lead to success including, Jim Carrey, J.K. Rowling, and Theodor Seuss Geisel. These famous people overcame failure to get to where they are now and they showed me that I should never give up.

Jim Carrey, one of Hollywood’s best actors, has gone through failure in his life before he started his career. Jim grew up in a run down neighborhood in Canada, and he said he couldn’t make any friends. When he went home, he would go to the mirror and practice his jokes and make himself laugh. At just 10 years old and hoping to be discovered, he sent his ‘resume’ to actress Carol Burnette which said he enjoyed making his family laugh while having fun. When he didn’t get noticed, he became a janitor in a factory to help support his family, because his father lost his job. After a few years, Jim Carrey decided to move to the United States. When Jim moved to the

Rowling, initially did not have the career that everyone wishes they could have. J.K. attended Exeter University in 1983 and graduated a few years later with a bachelor 's degree in French, although she wanted to pursue an English career. In 1990, J.K. lost her mother, which was devastating for her. She then decided to move to Portugal as an English teacher, where she met her husband and had her daughter. A few years later, the couple got divorced and J.K. moved to Edinburgh, Scotland to be near her younger sister. After she took a college course to get a postgraduate certificate of education, she tried to find an agent to help publish her 12 academy-award winning book series, “Harry Potter.” It wasn 't until the third agent gave it to a publisher that the book series became an amazing