1. Lost his job2. Got defeated for legislature3. Started business and failed4. Wife died of a fatal disease5. Experienced nervous breakdown6. Contested in election for speaker in legislature and lost 7. Tried for nomination in a political party and lost8. Applied for post of land officer and didn’t get it9. Contested for senate and lost10. Contested for vice president and lost

11. Again contested for senate and lostAND TWO YEARS LATER…..

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

GOT ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF AMERICA

FAILURE

Does not mean (X)

You are a failure You have not yet succeeded

You have learned something

You have accom- plished nothing

You have to do it in a different way

You will never be able to do it

You are not perfectYou are inferior

You have to start afreshYou have wasted your life

It means ()

You should try very hard

You should give up

It takes a little longerYou will never achieve

God has a better idea! You will get the idea if you have faith in Him

God has abandoned you

FAILURE

Does not mean (X) It means ()

WE CAN CHANGE / SUCCEED

BEETHOVEN DEAF RENOWNED MUSIC COMPOSER

DEMOSTHENES NERVOUS STAMMERER WELL KNOWN GREEK ORATOR

NAME WHAT WAS HE? WHAT DID HE BECOME?

ALBERT EINSTEIN

ORDINARY PATENT CLERK WORLD FAMOUS SCIENTIST

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

POOR FARMER’S SON PRESIDENT OF AMERICA

GOLDAMEIR AVERAGE SCHOOL TEACHER

PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL

FRANKLIN. D ROOSEVELT

SICK AND BOTH LEGS PARALYSED

PRESIDENT OF AMERICA

HOMER BLIND GREATEST GREEK WRITER

HELEN KELLER BLIND, DEAF AND DUMB RENOWNED WRITER

THOMAS EDISON MATRICULATE GREATEST INVENTOR

NAME WHAT WAS HE/SHE? WHAT DID HE BECOME?

M.S. OBEROI SIMPLE CLERK ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHAIN HOTEL OWNER IN THE WORLD

K.K. PATEL SON OF AN ORDINARY FARMER

LARGEST SELLER OF WASHING POWDER (NIRMA BRAND, Rs 1,200 CRORES TURNOVER)

TOPIWALA MATRICULATE WITH INITIAL INVESTMENT OF Rs 100

NOW SELLS RS. 5 CRORE WORTH SHINGAR BINDI PER YEAR

MALATHI HOLLA POLIO STRIKEN (25 SURGERIES DONE)

GOT 150 GOLD MEDALS IN DISC THROW, ETC.

SHARD KUMAR DEEKSHIT

2 HEART ATTACKS; CRIPPLED IN LOWER SIDE OF THE BODY; VOCAL CORDS REMOVED

PERFORMED 45,000 SURGERIES FREE OF COST

C.N. JANAKI BOTH LEGS POLIO FAMOUS SWIMMER, MENTIONED IN BOOK ‘SPECIAL PEOPLE’ BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY

WE CAN CHANGE / SUCCEED

INSTEAD OF BLAMING DARKNESS,INSTEAD OF BLAMING DARKNESS,LIGHT A CANDLE IF YOU CAN!LIGHT A CANDLE IF YOU CAN!

STOP BLAMING;STOP BLAMING;INSTEAD TAKE ACTIONINSTEAD TAKE ACTION

Generate enthusiasm

Operate to your potential

Destroy negative attitude

CHANGE CANSTART WITH OURSELF

AND CAN BEGIN ONLY FROM WITHIN.

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