If you don't give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure!

Anybody need a little encouragement today? Life is not easy, whether you own a business, or stay at home raising your kids, or you’re trying to get up the courage to follow your dreams, there’s no easy path too success. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Sometimes I get down on myself because I see successful people and I feel that they have achieved success so effortlessly. I often feel like maybe I don’t have what it takes to be a good leader or business owner. I’ve made so many mistakes, fallen down so many times, and I often struggle with feeling like I am a failure.
I read an article on ‪Entrepreneur.com‬ about Jack Ma and it really got me inspired. So, I wanted to share some of it with you guys:
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Jack Ma was not a good student. In fact, he almost didn’t get into middle school. "I failed a key primary school test two times, I failed the middle school test three times, I failed the college entrance exam two times…” He scored 1 out of 120 points on the math portion of his college entrance exam. To quote Ma: “I am not good at math, have never studied management, and still cannot read accounting reports." He wasn’t deterred after being rejected from Harvard 10 times. After graduating from college, he applied to 30 different jobs and was rejected by all of them. He was the only interviewee (out of 24) rejected by KFC. He couldn’t convince Silicon Valley to invest in his startup, Alibaba. Even after he started Alibaba, he suffered multiple failures. It wasn’t profitable the first three years. At one point, Alibaba was just 18 months away from bankruptcy. As Ma humbly notes: “I call Alibaba ‘1,001 mistakes.’” Jack Ma is proof that no series of failures can keep someone from achieving their dreams. He went from making $12 per month after graduating college to now being the richest man in China!!! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
As Ma says: “If you don’t give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure.” ⠀⠀

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Whether you're facing financial difficulties, relational problems, health issues, or whatever, the most important thing is to remain persistent and never give up!!! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
-Matt