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Commendable success stories notwithstanding initial failures

-Chaitra Anand

The road to success is almost always full of failures and struggle. Without the struggle, it is hard to quantify or enjoy the value of hard earned success. But struggle by no means should be a deterrent to your dreams of succeeding.

Throughout history there have been instances of 'rags to riches' real-life stories -- if not rags to riches, stories of hard-working individuals emerging from ordinary backgrounds to achive extraordinary feats.
Lets take a look at 10 such surprising success stories.