Have you heard of any of these famous failures as reported in Mental Floss magazine? Author Jack London was rejected almost 600 times before selling his first story. In Tom Landry’s first season as a coach, the Cowboys did not have a single victory. Steven Spielberg was denied admission to film school three times. Lucille Ball, before her breakout sitcom, was in so many bad movies that she was called “The Queen of the Bs.” Theodore Geisel’s (Dr. Seuss) first book was rejected by 27 publishers.
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