Overcome failure and don’t give up:
Abraham Lincoln was defeated 7 times before finally getting voted in to lead America as the 16th, and arguably the very best president ever.
Albert Einstein was deemed a near mental-invalid as a child, yet went on to be one of the most influential thinkers of our time — revered by great minds and trusted by politicians like Winston Churchill (i.e., warning Churchill that the Nazis were probably building the first A-bomb.)
So many “common” men and women have transcended their apparent unremarkable destiny, and found their place in the history books.
Whether your goals are to be famous, or simply the best you can be: the secret is PERSEVERANCE!