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paper's editor fired him. He claimed this
man did not have any good ideas to
contribute. And, he also had a habit of
doodling too much. Plus, the editor didn't
hesitate to tell him that he also did not
have any talent.
Who was he? Walt Disney! His
doodling led to the creation of Mickey
Mouse. Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto and
all the gang followed! He went on to build
the most famous theme parks in the
world. Also impressive was that he won
worldwide acclaim, as he became the
winner of forty-five academy awards.
Failure upon Failure
Teachers called this little boy slow
and too stupid to learn. All he had was
three months of schooling, but his mother
would not be discouraged and taught him
herself. By the age of ten, he was reading
on a college level. He went on to build a
chemistry lab in his basement. Here, he
went through hundreds of failures before
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