Failure is the stepping stone to success. Every successful man fails at some or other stages of his life. In-fact it teaches us that success cannot. It tells you about your shortcoming, weaknesses and lack of preparation that you need to pay attention about. That is why it is said that your Failure is your best teacher.
All the great man of the world; the religious reformers, the scientist, the social activist and great leaders were men of determination. They had face great challenges and obstacles but they persevered relentlessly and at least they were able to achieve their aim. One such name of great determination is Jack Ma.
Real name:
The real name of Jack Ma is Ma Yun a.k.a. He was born on 10 September 1964 in Hangzhou south eastern part of China. He belongs to a lower middle-class family. His parents were traditional musicians-story-tellers and were living hand to mouth.
Basic education; failure failure and failure.
He was considered dull and blank student throughout his school life. It is interesting to know that Jack Ma failed two time in his four class and three times in his 8th class. One thing that differentiate Jack Ma and rest of his age-fellow is that he never loses his heart.
Interest in English:
He had a keen interest in English, this thing led Jack Ma toward tourism. It was the time when American president Richard Nixon visited China. That visit realized Jack Ma the importance of English. He then paid more attention to learn it. For this purpose, he started guide job in order to spend more and more time with European people to learn more quickly and fluently.
He did the job of tourist guider for about 9 years. While working as a guider he made a foreigner friend to whom he communicated with. The title of Jack Ma was also given to him by that friend because his name was too complicated to pronounce or write Ma Yun a.k.a.
College life:
One more interesting fact about Jack ma is that he applied in Howard college for graduation almost 10 times but each time he was rejected. Finally, he graduated from a local college after his third attempt.
China yellow pages:
It was the beginning of 1995, when Jack Ma went to America to see his friend. Where he saw the internet very first time. After knowing about what the internet is, he tried to searched vine. Resultantly, He saw the verities of vines with all their flavor and properties from different countries of the world. At the same time, he got disappointed when he didn’t saw any of Chinese product over the internet. That was the moment when Jack ma decided that he will bring an internet and commerce revolution in his country.
Alibaba.com
Consequently, he started a website by the name of ‘China Yellow Pages’ but due to the lack of awareness, he got no response. Resultantly, it was closed. He only closed his website but not his mind. He was a person like that always have plan-B with him. So, he never gave up.
After consultation with his family and friends, he again started his online website by the name of Alibaba.com with revised strategy. That made him world richest person. It was not because of his strategy but because of his determination and the habit of never giving up. Currently, the asserts of Alibaba.com are more than 30 billion dollars. This amount is even more then that of the mutual earning of eBay and amazon. It is also interesting fact to know that the network worth of Alibaba.com is even more then that of Facebook.
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