Shadowing English with Barack Obama | Motivational Speech | Shadowing Exercises

The truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject that you study. You won't click with every teacher that you have. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute. And you won't necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try. That's okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. J.K. Rawlings, who wrote Harry Potter. Her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, I have failed over and over and over again in my life, and that's why I succeed. These people succeeded because they understood that you can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time. The truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject that you study. You won't click with every teacher that you had. Not every homework assignment, not every homework assignment, not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute. Will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute. And you won't necessarily succeed at everything, everything, and you won't necessarily succeed at everything, and you won't necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try, that's okay. The first time you try, that's okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. JK Rowlings who wrote Harry Potter. Her first Harry Potter book was rejected. Her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, I have failed over and over and over again in my life. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that's why I succeed. These people succeeded because they understood that you can't let your failures define you. You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time.