The 'One Thing' that successful people never do

There is a common misconception that one person can be successful in one particular side of life:  personal, professional or recreational. But the truth is, if you have enough dedication and passion for what you do, you will always end up at the peak of success. If we look at the life stories of successful people, we will see that they all had a never-say-die attitude and a tremendous hunger for success. This article will guide you through brief life histories of people who never gave up and ended up having everything they wanted.

Henry Ford
The founder of Ford Motor Company had to go through a rough road to make his mark in the world. His first initiation to build a car had to stop within two years as the shareholders issued a no-confidence against him. He tried again but once again the same thing happened within a year. But he did not give up. He found another investor and started Ford Motor Company and today everyone knows his name.

Walt Disney
Many people do not know that Walk Disney, who created a whole world out of imaginary characters, was fired from an early job for "not being creative enough". Afterwards he started his own company named Laugh-O-Gram in 1922 that made cartoons and short advertisements in Kansas. But the operation stopped in 1923. Afterwards he packed up his bags, went to Hollywood and created history.

Richard Branson
One of the greatest entrepreneurs of last century dropped out of high school to start a student magazine. After failing there he started a mail order record business. After tasting some success there he opened a record shop named Virgin. He failed in ventures like Virgin Vodka, Virgin Cola, Virgin Vie, Virgin Clothes but found massive success in Virgin Music, Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Active.

Oprah Winfrey
The legendary talk show host and the no. 1 celebrity according to Forbes magazine faced countless setbacks on her way to success. She was kicked out of an early job as a reporter for being too unfit for television. She was demoted when she was working as a news anchor on WJZ-TV from weekday 6 O'clock news to morning TV. She overcame all of those setbacks and worked her way to the top. And now almost the entire world knows her name.

J.K. Rowling
The woman who got children hooked on to the magical world of books did not have a very magical life herself. She had to face countless rejections and many publishers said Harry Potter is too long for a children's book and it will never make any money. But this determined single mom kept trying and Harry Potter became one of the most famous series of all time selling 400 million copies and 8 blockbusters hit movies.

Bill Gates
From children to seniors anyone who uses a computer knows this name. He dropped out of Harvard to start Traf-O-Data with Paul Allen and Paul Gilbert. This company used to read data from road traffic and generated reports of traffic flow. The company went through a huge loss from 1974 to 1980 and was eventually shut down. Not losing confidence, Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft and changed the world of computers.

Along with these people, if we look at Steve Jobs, Milton Hershey, H.J.Heinz we will notice that they all faced roadblocks in their journeys but they never gave up.  They are the proof that enough hunger for success is bound to drive you towards it.

Can the same be said about top Bangladeshi businessmen? Do Jahurul Islam of Islam Group, Major (Retd) Abdul Mannan of Sunman Group, Abdul Matlub Ahmad of the Nitol-Niloy Group, Shafiul Islam of Navana Group, Salman F Rahman of Beximco Group or Mobarak Hossain of Paradise Cables Limited have similar stories? Maybe they do.