Have you had a nightmare experience in high school, college, or at work? Have you ever been labeled lazy, stupid, slow, uneducable or incompetent? Dr. Joyce Knudsen was, but she refused to listen Nobody has the right to tell you that you cannot learn or succeed, because you can. Do you want to be successful? If you set your mind to it and begin to believe in yourself, it is just amazing you will be able to do. Did you that that former First Lady Barbara Bush dropped out of Smith College and went on to form a Family Literacy Foundation? Did you know that former President Gerald Ford lost his election in high school? Did you know that Bruce Springsteen felt he "wasn't there" in his high school? Successful Failures was written for people who may have been misunderstood and who have been given little or no respect for who they are and what they want to accomplish. The book not only contains words that tell you how to gain self-esteem but has pages of exercises for you to actually fill out and work on putting these words into action. Successful Failures Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION SELF-IMAGE, ATTITUDE AND SUCCESS SELF-ESTEEM AND SUCCESS BUILDING SELF ESTEEM STORIES OF SUCCESSFUL FAILURES QUOTES, STORIES AND LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS TO INSPIRE YOU AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS EXERCISE FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS SOURCES