The lesson says 'Every success story is also a story of great failures.' Using examples from the lesson, explain how this is true.

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The lesson argues that failure is not the end — it is the beginning of the path to success. LINCOLN: Failed repeatedly in business, politics, and personal life for 30 years. Each failure taught him resilience. He finally became one of America's greatest presidents in 1860. EDISON: Tried 10,000 different materials as filaments before inventing the practical light bulb. He called each failure a 'successful discovery of what doesn't work.' His persistence eventually brought electric light to the world. MACY (R.H.): Failed in retailing seven times before his Macy's department store became one of America's most famous. HARLAND SANDERS: Had his chicken recipe rejected 1,009 times before founding KFC at age 65. CONCLUSION: Each of these great achievers had one thing in common — they did NOT quit after failure. They treated failure as FEEDBACK, not as finality. This is the lesson: success belongs to those who are resilient enough to fail repeatedly and still keep trying.

Practice — Every Success Story Is Also a Story of Great Failures

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