https://padlet.com/smithanna141/be0m9mca5utj0qbc Anna, Suwaida, Kai and Simeon en-us 2021-09-03 12:58:41 UTC 2025-10-27 20:12:47 UTC hello@padlet.com smithanna141 https://padlet.com/smithanna141/be0m9mca5utj0qbc/wish/1716976381 J.K. Rowling’s' life is the definition of a growth mindset. While she was beginning to write the book Harry Potter, her mother passed away and caused her to go into a deep grieving depression. She tried to get out of this grievance by taking a job in Portugal. Things did not go as planned, she ended up not making progress in her book, her marriage failed, and she became a single mother. She continued to work on her book while she struggled with depression, raising a child alone, and living off unemployment. After finishing the first 3 chapters, she sent the manuscript to dozens of publishers and kept getting rejected, one finally agreed to publish the novel. This resulted in her series earning over $400 million in book sales and Rowling’s becoming the first billionaire female author. It didn’t happen overnight, she worked very hard and dealt with a lot of rejection. If she didn’t believe in herself Harry Potter wouldn’t exist and she wouldn’t have had all that success.

Citiation:
On Team, Y. (2015, January 15). Failure. rejection. success: The j. k. rowling story. Failure. Rejection. Success: The J. K. Rowling Story. Retrieved September 9, 2021, from https://www.yearon.com/blog/jk-rowling-failure#:~:text=J.K.%20Rowling%20went%20from%20being,craft%20before%20anyone%20noticed%20her. ]]> 2021-09-05 01:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/smithanna141/be0m9mca5utj0qbc/wish/1716976381 smithanna141 https://padlet.com/smithanna141/be0m9mca5utj0qbc/wish/1716976773 Milton Hershey, the founder of the famous Hershey chocolate we all know and love is a great example of a failure to success story that uses the strategy metacognition. He was born and raised on a farm, But later in his life decided to open a candy shop near Philadelphia after working for a candy factory. Unfortunately the business failed but that didn't stop him, He left town to try again in different cities, New Orleans, Chicago, then eventually New York, where he settled and worked in a candy/restaurant chain. He later quit to start selling candy on the street but wasn't successful. Once he was on the verge of giving up, He went back to his old farm where he grew up, But then started to experiment with chocolate and candy using the milk supply from the dairy cows in the farm. As a result, He learned that he could make chocolate with condensed milk. With the success of his product, he established a caramel company in Manchester then sold it several years later to start the company The Hershey Company by the age of 43 and has since become the most well known and popular brand of chocolate in the world !

Citations:
Milton Hershey School. (2021, May 10). Milton S. Hershey - Chocolate Maker and altruist. Milton Hershey School. Retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://www.mhskids.org/about/history/milton-s-hershey/.

Wanderlust Worker . (2020, November 6). 48 famous failures who will inspire you to achieve. Wanderlust Worker. Retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://www.wanderlustworker.com/48-famous-failures-who-will-inspire-you-to-achieve/#miltonhershey. 



]]> 2021-09-05 01:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/smithanna141/be0m9mca5utj0qbc/wish/1716976773 smithanna141 https://padlet.com/smithanna141/be0m9mca5utj0qbc/wish/1716977561 Michael Jordan is known to be a professional basketball player. He was born February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn New York. At an early age he was in love with basketball playing, then his high school year he was cut from the team. He was a young teenager he didn't give up and put a lot of effort into using mindfulness. He was being positive and trying and proved himself first time being a college star player. Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six National Basketball Association and also earned the NBA's most valuable award five times. He didn't quit but he put more work effort to be the best player using his mindfulness. When he wants to give up on his dream he would remember when his high school classmates and coaches rejected him from their team and for the effort, he put in he scored over 40 points in his many games one season. He used mindfulness strategy to be one of the best basketball players.
citations.
Boppre, M. (2020, September 5). Mindfulness lessons from Michael Jordan. Medium. Retrieved September 11, 2021, from https://medium.com/illumination-curated/mindfulness-lessons-from-michael-jordan-3f3e38543491.
A&E Networks Television. (2021, March 18). Michael Jordan. Biography.com. Retrieved September 11, 2021, from https://www.biography.com/athlete/michael-jordan. 

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