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Steven Spielberg's My Failure?

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Steven Spielberg was rejected from film school three times, Walt Disney was told he “lacked imagination and had no good ideas” and, Vincent Van Gogh sold a single piece of art in his lifetime. As far as I know, they were anything but failures. Their “failure” was the epitome of what their legacy became. Even though these stories are true, failure is still a hard thing for many people to embrace with joy — I do not think I blame them. Failure is hard, whether it is a bad grade, not getting into your dream college, or from my personal experience; not getting the job I spent weeks anticipating and preparing for. My “failure” became the epitome of where my strength lies today and will continue to lie in the future.
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