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This Amazing Animation Proves How Important Failure Is To Success

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Even the most successful people have failed at some point or another. Actually, scratch that — especially the most successful people have failed at some point or another. (And probably a whole lot more than you might imagine.)

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The biggest difference between successful people and less accomplished individuals is that successful people don’t let being rejected keep them down. Successful entrepreneurs have the emotional tools to manage disappointment and not let it derail them for too long; they’re resilient and determined.

Alex Fauske, The Doodle Video Guy, put together this animation illustrating the surprising records of failure for some folks who are now pretty legendary success stories with data from San Francisco-based startup organization Funders and Founders. Teaser: Sylvester Stallone was rejected 1,500 times when he tried selling his script, with himself as the lead actor, for the now legendary movie "Rocky":

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