I interviewed with Deloitte for a tax internship last fall. I was feeling really good about myself because I made it to second round interviews.
I didn't get it.
I was pretty bummed, but it had felt like a reach to me, in the first place, so I managed. I didn't give up, I kept interviewing (I think I had at least 12 interviews) and I managed to land 2 jobs. One for the spring and one for the fall. I was happy... but if you think about it, that's a 75% rejection rate.
My father, one of the most successful men I know, graduated from college with zero job offers. He got rejected everywhere until a forensic accounting firm hired him. He got lucky. He got back up. Now he's the CFO of his company (different company).
The reason I mention this is Turtle Man just applied for a job and found out today he didn't get it. He was one of 12 candidates considered. I worry how he's going to react to this.
But almost all of the greatest years have failed dramatically before they became great:
Winston Churchill
He was estranged from his political party from 1929-1939 over ideological disagreements, before he became the Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Oprah Winfrey
She was fired from her first anchor job in Baltimore due to sexism and racism, before she amassed a media empire.
Thomas Edison
His teachers told him that he was "too stupid to learn anything," before he invented his world-changing devices.
Vera Wang
She failed to make the U.S. Olympic Skating Team and, when she was an editor at Vogue, she was passed up for the editor-in-chief position, before she became one of the most famous designers in the fashion industry. She started her fashion career at 40!
Walt Disney
He was fired from a newspaper because the editor said he "lacked imagination and had no good ideas," and many of his other business ventures failed before he became WALT FREAKING DISNEY!
J.K. Rowling
She was single mother living off welfare before she wrote Harry Potter and became the first billionaire author!
Abraham Lincoln
He failed in business, lost his sweetheart to death, and failed to be elected into various government positions SEVEN TIMES, before he became the president of the United States.
Lucille Ball
She was in so many B-Movies that she was called "The Queen of B-Movies," before "I Love Lucy was picked up.
Stephen King
Stephen Spielberg was rejected dozens of times before he became a famous author. (He put each rejection letter on his wall)
Louisa May Alcott
She was a servant and a war nurse before she got her big break for "Little Women"
Failure is a part of life and it's how we deal with that failure that will make us grow. I'm not expecting Turtle Man to become world famous, but I am expecting him to get back up and keep on chugging like he always has.
Tis All For Now
Little Tornado
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