Walt Disney's Short Term Failures

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Long term success comes after many short term failures. A great example is Walt Disney. He was fired from Kansas City Star newspaper because he was told that he “lacked imagination and had no good ideas.”. He failed and years later went on to become a successful film producer. If Walt Disney were to give up after being fired, who knows what American childhoods would be like! I have gone through multiple failures such as flunking an exam or failing my driver’s test. They're pretty common failures and you learn to correct them but to me, they aren't my worst failures. Not being there for my mother when she needed me the most is however, this failure was what marked me for life positively. It changed me as a person and learned how I should never

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