When people hear the name Walt Disney , they think of magic—castles glowing under fireworks, talking mice, and the happiest place on Earth. But behind all that wonder is the story of a man who knew hardship more intimately than success. A man who was fired, bankrupt, rejected, laughed at, and told repeatedly that his ideas were impossible. Yet he kept going. Walt Disney wasn’t just an animator. He was the living proof that one person’s imagination, protected with fierce deter