Rags to Riches !! The success story of J.K Rowling.

J.K Rowling, as we all know is one of the greatest and the most inspiring personalities.Let us know a bit about how she achieved success and fame despite so many difficulties and obstacles.

Birth and Family:

Rowling was born to Peter James Rowling,an aircraft engineer and Anne Rowling, a science technician on 31 July in England.

Childhood and Education:

Rowling attended St Michael's Primary school.Her headmaster in this school were an inspiration for the Harry Potter series.Often, she used to write fantasy stories when she was young.Her teenage years were very depressed and unhappy.Her home life was complicated by her mother's illness and a strained relationship with her father who she is still not on speaking terms with.The famous character of Hermione Granger was based on Rowling herself.

Inspiration:

In 1990, while she was on a trip from Manchester to London, the train delayed by four hours.She created fantasy story to entertain her daughter.It was then that the idea for the story of a young boy attending a wizardry came into her mind.She began to write immediately about the idea.In december, Rowling's mother Anne died because of severe ill health and suffering from multiple sclerosis.She was writing Harry Potter at that time and had yet not told her mother about it.Her mother's death affected her heavily and so she wrote much more about Harry's loss in the first book, because she very well knew how it felt like losing a mother.

Marriage, divorce and Parenthood:

Rowling moved to Porto to teach English as a foreign language.She taught at night and wrote Harry Potter during day time.After about 18 months she met Portugese television Journalist in a bar whom she married in 16 October 1992.Their child, Jessica Isabel Rowling was born on 27 July 1993. Previously she had suffered a miscarriage.The couple separated on 17 November 1993.Rowling saw herself as a failure as her marriage had failed and she was jobless with a dependent child.But having said this she describes her failure as a motivation which allowed her to focus on writing.During this period she even thought of suicide.

Harry Potter:

In 1995, Rowling finished her manuscript for Harry Potter and the Philospher's stone on an old manual typewriter.The book was submitted to twelve publishing houses,all of which rejected the manuscript completely.

Success:

In 2004, Forbes named Rowling as the first person to become a U.S dollar billionaire by writing books,the second-richest female entertainer and the 1,062nd richest person in the world.On 23 december 2001, Rowling married Neil Michael Murray.

Conclusion:

Having gone through little details about J.K Rowling, what is most important for us to learn is to

•  NEVER GIVE UP IN LIFE.Despite so many problems-povety,divorce,miscarriage,losing her mother and her script being rejected 12 times she had faith in herself.There is no luck in life.Every little thing happens for a reason.
• FAILURE IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS.We all have failures in life but success lies in competing with yourself, overcoming difficulties in life.Take risks in life and try new things. 
• BELIEVE IN YOURSELF:God has unique plans for each one of us.We just need to have faith in ourselves and God and wait for the right time.

Good luck... :)