TIME's video: 10 FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO WERE FAILURES

10 FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO WERE FAILURES 10.WALT DISNEY he started his own business from his home garage and his very first production went bankrupt. During his first press conference, a newspaper editor ridiculed him because he had no good ideas for film production. 9.MICHAEL JORDAN Before joining the NBA, he was just an ordinary person, so ordinary that he was removed from his high school basketball team because of his “lack of skill”. 8.J K ROWLING At one point in her life,she was nearly penniless, depressed, divorced and had to raise her child on her own. She got fired when working at the London office of Amnesty International because she would write stories on her work computer all day long. 7.OPRAH WINFREY At age of 22, the now-TV mogul was fired from her job as a television reporter because she was "unfit for tv." Seven years later, she moved to Chicago, where her self-titled talk show went on to dominate daytime TV for 25 years, and ultimately head her own channel, 5.ABRAHAM LINCOLN When he was young and entered war, he entered as a Captain but came back as a much lower Private. Later on, he tried to start up a ton of businesses, all of which failed, and before becoming president, he lost several runs for public office LOST HIS RENOMINATION GOT REJECTED FOR LAND OFFICER DEFEATED FOR SENATE DEFEATED FOR NOMINATION FOR VICE-PRESEDENT DEFEATED FOR SENATE FINALLY IN 1860 HE BECAME PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 6.STEVE JOBS he was a college dropout, a fired tech executive and an unsuccessful businessman. After his return to the company he created several iconic products, including the iPod, iPhone and iPad, which have changed the face of consumer technology forever. And he became one of the richest men in the world. 7.STEVEN SPIELBERG he was rejected from the University of Southern California School of Theater, Film and Television three times. He eventually attended school at another location, only to drop out to become a director before finishing. Thirty-five years after starting his degree, he returned to school in 2002 to finally complete his work and earn his BA