The World´s Greatest Failure

Jack Ma

He was born in a poor family when china´s cultural revolution was its peak. As a teenager, he used to guide tourists for free just to improve his English.

He knew that only way he could get rid of poverty was through education. So, he started applying for different colleges but got rejected from each of them. I applied for Harvard 10 times, got rejected and I told myself that someday I go to teach there.

Jack failed university 3 times. He attended Hangzhou University and graduated in 1988 with a bachelor degree in English.

Even after applying for 30 different jobs, all he ever faced was a plain rejection of 3 simple words: you are no good. When he applied for the job at KFC, he was the only one who got turned down out 24 people.But that only made him stronger.

In 1995, when the internet was blooming, he got shocked when no result appeared from China when he searched ´beer´. And that´s when he came up with an idea of an online marketplace called Alibaba. But even after starting Alibaba, he couldn´t make it profitable and it was about to bankrupt. So, he asked 17 of his friends to invest in his vision because he still believed in his idea and soon Alibaba became the largest e-commerce store in the world.

Today, Jack Ma is the richest man in China and he has the net worth of $31.4 billion. Jack Ma story teaches us that it´s never too late to believe in yourself. So, never lose your hope. If you never tried how will you ever know if there is any chance?

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