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The Achiever NewsletterWhen the Going Gets Tough
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Peter BenchleyPeter Benchley was fired as a speech writer for Richard Nixon. He went on to write the best-selling novel Jaws, selling the movie rights before the book was even published. |
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Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant failed as a farmer, a real estate agent, a U.S. Customs official, and a store clerk. He went on to command the Union armies during the Civil War and was elected the 18th President of the United States in 1868. |
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Edgar Allen PoeEdgar Allen Poe was expelled from West Point for “gross neglect of duty” and “disobedience of orders.” His early poems met with no success. He later became one of America’s greatest poets, short-story writers, and literary critics. He wrote the “The Raven,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum.” |
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Thomas MonaghanThomas Monaghan went from being a poverty-stricken orphan ashamed of his clothing to the multimillionaire owner of the Detroit Tigers and America’s largest pizza chain, Domino’s. |
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Thomas EdisonThomas Edison could never spell in his life, was reported to be dyslexic, and in childhood was sent home from school because he was “too stupid to learn anything.” He became one of the world’s greatest inventors. |
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Publication Date: Fall 2002
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