FROM NOBODY TO SUPER DUPER STAR

This is one of the most inspiring success stories in the world.

Sylvestar Stallone is one the most famous American Movie stars. With characters like Rocky and Rambo he is a household name in the hearts of millions.

HE WAS BROKE

Right from birth, Stallone had one-sided paralysis. At school he was ridiculed several times for his facial paralysis and poor background. He joined body building class because he wanted to frighten those who bullied him.

Around 1974, he was broke. He was heavily under debt. He slept at the New York Bus station for 3 days. Restless, anxious, stressed and still loaded with hope that he will make it big.

SCRIPT THAT WAS REJECTED 1500 TIMES

One day he watched a boxing match between Mohammed Ali and Chuck Wepner on TV. That match was like a flash of divine inspiration. For the next 20 hours he sat and wrote the script of what today is a cult movie, ROCKY.

In the words of Stallone himself, “After nearly 1500 rejections I got a production house to offer $125,000 for the script.”

SCRIPT OK... BUT WE WILL NOT ACCEPT YOU AS HERO

Despite the poverty, pains, pregnant wife and lost dog… His dream was to act in the movie as the MAIN LEAD.

In an era when heroes were smart looking and spoke fluently, a body builder with a facial paralysis that made him stammer while speaking made Stallone the wrong choice for any role.

The studio Bluntly rejected his offer. And Stallone went back home with another failure.

A few weeks later, the studio offered him $250,000 for the just the script alone, and not him.

He refused.

Soon they offered $350,000 for the script but not him.

At that time everyone was pushing him to accept the offer. They advised that it would be MAD not to accept. They warned that he was missing a fortune. He still refused.

ACCEPTED FINALLY 

Someone in the studio really loved his script. As fortune favors the brave, they finally accepted to $350,000 for the script and they also accepted him as the lead star.

The rest as they say is history!

ROCKEY MADE HISTORY

The movie ROCKEY was made for $1 million and went to make around $200 million. It won the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Film Editing.

Stallone was a “bankable” hero for the next 20yrs, till the late 90′s… with his movies having made billions of dollars.

THE WORLD WILL BEAT YOU HARD

Sylvester Stallone summed up his experience through the character of Rocky Balboa: 

“Let me tell you something you already know. 

The world is not filled with all sunshine and rainbows. 

It’s a very mean and nasty place. 

I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees. 

It will keep you there permanently if you let it. 

You, me, or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. 

But it is not about how hard you hit. 

It’s about how hard you can get hit by the life and keep moving forward. 

It’s about how much you can take and keep moving forward. 

That’s how winning is done!”

Are you ready now to get hit hard by life and keep moving forward?