1. Lost his job 2. Got defeated for legislature 3. Started business and failed 4. Wife died of a fatal disease 5. Experienced nervous breakdown 6.Contested in election for speaker in legislature and lost 7.Tried for nomination in a political party and lost 8. Applied for post of land officer and didn’t get it 9. Contested for senate and lost 10. Contested for vice president and lost 11. Again contested for senate and lost AND TWO YEARS LATER….. ABRAHAM LINCOLN GOT ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF AMERICA

FAILURE Does not mean (X) You are a failureYou 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 ( 4 )

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 ( 4 )

WE CAN CHANGE / SUCCEED BEETHOVENDEAFRENOWNED MUSIC COMPOSER DEMOSTHENESNERVOUS STAMMERERWELL KNOWN GREEK ORATOR NAMEWHAT WAS HE?WHAT DID HE BECOME? ALBERT EINSTEIN ORDINARY PATENT CLERKWORLD FAMOUS SCIENTIST ABRAHAM LINCOLN POOR FARMER’S SONPRESIDENT OF AMERICA GOLDAMEIRAVERAGE SCHOOL TEACHER PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL FRANKLIN. D ROOSEVELT SICK AND BOTH LEGS PARALYSED PRESIDENT OF AMERICA HOMERBLINDGREATEST GREEK WRITER HELEN KELLERBLIND, DEAF AND DUMBRENOWNED WRITER THOMAS EDISONMATRICULATEGREATEST INVENTOR

NAMEWHAT WAS HE/SHE?WHAT DID HE BECOME? M.S. OBEROISIMPLE CLERKONE OF THE BIGGEST CHAIN HOTEL OWNER IN THE WORLD K.K. PATELSON OF AN ORDINARY FARMER LARGEST SELLER OF WASHING POWDER (NIRMA BRAND, Rs 1,200 CRORES TURNOVER) TOPIWALAMATRICULATE WITH INITIAL INVESTMENT OF Rs 100 NOW SELLS RS. 5 CRORE WORTH SHINGAR BINDI PER YEAR MALATHI HOLLAPOLIO 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. JANAKIBOTH LEGS POLIOFAMOUS SWIMMER, MENTIONED IN BOOK ‘SPECIAL PEOPLE’ BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY WE CAN CHANGE / SUCCEED

INSTEAD OF BLAMING DARKNESS, LIGHT A CANDLE IF YOU CAN! STOP BLAMING; INSTEAD TAKE ACTION

G enerate enthusiasm O perate to your potential D estroy negative attitude CHANGE CAN START WITH OURSELF AND CAN BEGIN ONLY FROM WITHIN.