29/11/2020
Jack Ma is a Chinese business magnate and philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group. He is the first mainland Chinese entrepreneur to appear on the cover of Forbes. Did you know that this richest man in China, was rejected from 30 jobs, ridiculed, and termed as stupid… Yes, he had his share of setback, but every setback was a little nudge from the almighty, for him to Dream On.
This is peculiar Dream On story where setbacks in his life showed him the way…Read on. As November 2014, Jack Ma is the richest man in China and 18th richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $29.7 billion. He is ranked as the 30th most powerful person in the world in a annual ranking published by Forbes.
In 2015 he was honoured with the Entrepreneur of the Year award at The Asian Awards.
Alibaba founder Jack Ma is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world, His e-commerce company. Alibaba, attracts 100 million shoppers a day.
But of course, this is the end result that you see. What you do not see is the struggle beneath all this. What you do not comprehend is the resilient attitude with which he faced one setback after another. He was never rich or had an ambition to be an entrepreneur. He was a simple honest man- no money, no connection, no clout.
Without money or connections, the only way Ma could get ahead was through education. After high school, he applied to go to college – but failed the entrance exam- not once but twice. After a great deal of studying, he finally passed on the third attempt, going on to attend Hangzhou Teacher’s Institute. He graduated in 1988 and started applying to as many jobs as he could. Ma applied for 30 different jobs and got rejected – in every single one of them. They said, ”You’re no good,” says Ma. “I even went to KFC when it came to my city. Twenty four people went for the job. Twenty three were accepted. I was the only guy…”, says Ma in one of the interviews.
Do you think it is easy to handle rejection after rejection for 30 times? No, I bet you not. Get rejected in 5 jobs at a stretch and you will find it difficult to apply for the 6th one. But all these setbacks comes for a reason in our life. These setbacks are the only ways the almighty helps us find the right path for us. There is no other way HE can help us.