Great Failures of the Extremely Successful Mistakes, Adversity, Failure and Other Stepping Stones to Success

Babe Ruth spent his childhood years in an orphanage and, as a baseball player, struck out 1,330 times... on his way to the Hall of Fame.Elvis Presley was banished from the Grand Ole Opry after one performance and told: "You ain't goin' nowhere, son."Oprah Winfey was fired from her television reporter's job and advised: "You're not fit for TV."Author/interviewer Steve Young relates how hardships, roadblocks, rejections and even physical infirmities cannot stop people determined to succeed! This collection of motivational stories and anecdotes of famous and everyday "failures" shows that success rests on changing "I can't" into "I will."From the worlds of business, science, entertainment, sports, education, politics and the arts come inspirational, often humorous but always helpful, reflections from those who refused to let defeat stop them on their road to victory.Young, Steve is the author of 'Great Failures of the Extremely Successful Mistakes, Adversity, Failure and Other Stepping Stones to Success' with ISBN 9781931290173 and ISBN 1931290172.