Success Story #3: How Sylvester Stallone Created the Legend of Rocky
Hi Steemians! Today, I have an important question for you. Why do we need motivation in life? Why do we need to produce and consume motivational content every day? How important is motivation in our life?
The funny thing about many successful people and the story of their life is that we are more than often surprised by how brave they were in the face of pain. As if we are compelled to believe that their success came with luck and chance. Well, as I said, more often than we care to admit, that is not the case.
The story of Sylvester Stallone and how he rose to stardom is one of tragedy and pain. As a young man, he knew how to dream. He wanted to become an actor and direct his own films. But life was not particularly easy-going on Stallone and his dreams.
A lot of famous and successful people have struggled with unimaginable difficulties to arrive at the place they are, but for Sylvester, those difficulties were immensely heartbreaking. Stallone reached a point of poverty that he could not afford food. He was broke, and soon became homeless as a result.
He even had to sell his own wife’s jewelry to pay his costs.
The most difficult days of his life came after his homelessness. Sylvester stayed in the bus station, but could not afford food. He took his dog to a liquor store and tried to sell it to anyone who was interested.
Eventually, someone bought the dog for $25 and Sylvester could afford to go on a little longer. He truly loved his dog, as he walked away from that store crying.
Some weeks after that tragic event, Sylvester watched a boxing match with Mohammed Ali as a participant.
That match inspired him and that inspiration changed his life forever. He sat down to write the screenplay for the movie Rocky and finished it in a single day!
He took the screenplay to a film production studio and they liked it. Sylvester was willing to sell his script, but under one condition. That he be the main protagonist of the film. The executives rejected this offer, and said that he was not actor material. That he looked ‘strange and funny.’
The studio offered to give him $125,000 for the script nonetheless. Despite being utterly broke and living on the edge, he refused the offer. The studio returned and offered a sum of $350,000 for the script.
Tempting as it was, Stallone refused again, for his dream of becoming an actor was more important than anything else in the world and not even living on the edge could change that.
In the end, he received $35,000 on the screenplay but got the executives to agree to his contribution as the main character of the film, Rocky. Sylvester had a resolve unlike any other, and with his newfound inspiration, he continued to shine bright even in the face of all the challenges that life had in store for him.
Do you know the first thing he did with the $35,000? He went back to the liquor store, waited long enough and bought his dog back.
Rocky went on to become one of the most successful films in the history of Hollywood, grossing a considerable amount and winning several Academy Awards. Despite the studio’s initial reluctance to cast Stallone, he even received an Academy nomination in the Best Actor category.
Stallone’s success was all through the power of motivation. The match of Mohammed Ali was the turning point that changed his life forever, and at the heart of that match was the inspirational approach we all need in life. Now he is known as one of the most influential actors of his generation.
Do not take the power of inspiration lightly, for it has changed many a man’s life in its emotional revelations and reflections.
A BIG HUG!
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Important Note!
I have been working very hard on this blog since the beginning. I have a very busy life but I am giving my best and believe me I have shared experiences that I have been coaching thousands of people and I know that the change of the Mindset should be daily. I am already grateful to see you giving upvotes to each other and you can see this with the fact that many already have 8, 9, 10 upvotes. But I'm sure that with the effort of all of us we will see a community with, 40, 50, 80 upvotes and for that everyone should get engaged so we can make it come true. I believe and we can! Resteem...
***Remember Community: Please, if you commented and upvote on a new post I did, please always go back to the previous one because if someone in the community commented lastly because of time zone differences it will be without your upvote and that would not be fair.
You all know the goal! We can reach: 50+ Upvotes each others!
Attention!!!
I'm reading all the meaningful comments from the posts.
I am here making a list of all of you who have helped build this community by voting for each other who write meaningful comments and soon I will respond to everyone with comment and thank you all because I can already see this spirit being built in this Positive Mindset community and help between all of you.
You will receive my upvote in all material and brief comments I will do this in all the posts I am following very closely and I can see what the people who are generous and contribute to this legacy that I am trying to build with all of you can become reality in a short time.
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First of all, I would like to thank all of you, who are the most active and proactive in this community, showing your generosity and always with meaningful comments. From now on I will always make a list of these incredible people who have helped to expand our goal of growing ever more.
But I ask that if you are new around here you read many of the previous posts because they make it clear that we are building a community with respect among all, generosity and this blog is for those who really want to start moving their Mindset to positive and moreover be part of the growth of all of us who contribute to this blog. Please do not ask to include you in the list if you are just wanting upvotes because we want here people genuinely attuned to growth and good attitudes and as I have always said with Respect as the basis of all, generosity and positivity!
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Thanks All of You!!!!
Dear @chbartist sir!
In the early days of your blog we were unaware of each other. There was no such understanding of helping each other inside us. Then you came as an inspiration and inspired us to bind all of us in one formula. Today we are also recognizing each other and coming forward to help each other. We got inspiration from you for all but where did you get the inspiration? I am not daring just a humble request.
Dear @certain, as I said in previous posts. First, I had an education given by my parents that was my basis for honesty, respect, generosity and giving the same treatment to anyone regardless of their culture, gender, social position. As I said, I played a lot of football when I was a youth in the favelas and I can say that I learned a lot about respect because they are humble people with no money but who are more honest than many millionaires. ve met in my life. I'm not saying that being rich is being dishonest because, as I said in previous posts, "Money does not corrupt people, it only enhances what they have always been"
If a person is dishonest since he is young and makes a lot of money, it only increases his dishonesty, and if you are honest, generous and respectful, money will also potentiate you.
I know I can not change the world alone because the machine and the system are so much bigger than I am.
But I can try to do my part and hope I can do this for some people here at steemit as I do in my day-to-day life.
I am who I am and my foundations have not changed, although I have progressed in life.
But in short, if I understood your question, my education and my journey made me who I am.
I always think: why not share with people the teachings that can help them be better and have a better way? My greatest mission is for people to find their inner peace, financially and mentally. The balance.
That's why I try to grow this community and that more people come to this blog, not because I need popularity, I'm already a popular artist, a public figure, but because I believe we can be great and leave an incredible legacy to many people who will perpetuate it.
I'm going to start a series of posts that I'm going to be more direct and I know that some people may think that they will be very energetic, but they have to learn that along with Mindset change you have to make decisions and take action by putting certain things In practice.
I'm not the owner of the truth, I'm just sharing my journey and trying to lend my glasses to people.
I hope I have answered your question.
Regards
Great sir! Infact I found glimpse of great philosopher Socrates in your mindset , learning and teaching.
Thank you @chbartist sir.
Welcome my friend!
Talking about inspiration and encouragement, i need some, my pregnant sis is in the hospital due to some pregnancy complication. Bills are piling and the situation seems bleak. Hope with your prayers and well wish would go a long way to strengthen me.
Chbartist your post is highly inspiring keep it up.
Hope all has gone well with your sister's pregnancy, and you're now a proud auntie
Good luck to both of you
i believe there are many people want to be success but not all of them has a gut to pay the price of success.
Some prefer stay in poverty because they afraid of unknown . Thats why we need daily motivational. more than that , we need to keep learning on how to become successful of someday.
A preparation needed before the time of opportunity come and knock ur life or you ll be sad when the opportunity come and you havent ready for the opportunity to come to you.
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One thing i learnt from this story of sylverster sterllon is that He knew the value he was about to add to the movie industry. He did not allow his lack of experience in acting to deter him because he understood that there is a starting point and created it for himself.
In our journey we should understand that we can create our dreams and give it a voice regardless of circumstances and situation and we should focus on things that inspire us not things that weigh us down
regards
one another best article of the day. i have a habit of coming to your post. you have become the ambition of the people, only one is your art exhibition.
wao, I did not know the story of Stallone ... He really persisted in his dream, someone else would have stayed with the previous proposals, for the need ... Thank you for bringing us these motivational messages, which are sorely needed in these moments. Have a happy weekend, friend.
Hi @chbartist! How are you?
The other part of the moral of this story is that we have to worry about contributing to the world with our talents, because if Mohammed Ali had not taken care of working for his own dreams of being the world champion, Silvester Stallone would never have written Rocky.
Or he would have made another character and God only knows what results he would have obtained. With our contribution to the world working for our dreams, other people can benefit and also contribute to this world. Merry Christmas for everyone!
I love this actor I'm a big fan of his acting.😍😍😍😘😘
According to me motivation is a great thing which leads us to the success. With the help of motivation we can achieve out goal. Motivation is really needed when someone is tired from failure because that is the stage when everyone give up. Motivation is only thing which helps people to get success and divert our mind to positivity.
Motivation is a tool to bring efficiency in the workplace. With the help of motivation we can achieve toughest part of our goal.
Motivation is the way of success.
@ajks
Perfect sir The reason for being successful in human life is inspiration. Occasionally, such strikes come in human life when it loses, and then there comes a rod in front of him that inspires him and he takes it back in that work, finally he gets success .
Although Sir did not know anything about his life, I know so much that he is a great artist and I liked the movies of his Rambo series.
Thank you
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Sir, you have said right, that sometimes there is a need for inspiration in life, whether it is found in any form. If we want to become succinct then we will also need inspiration and I will also learn from my mistakes.
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