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 lost 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 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/SHE?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 LARGETS SELLER OF NIRMA WASH -ING POWDER (Rs CRORES TURNOVER) TOPIWALAFRESH MATRICULATE WITH INITIAL INVEST-MENT 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, NAME IN BOOK ‘SPECIAL PEOPLE’ BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY WE CAN CHANGE / SUCCEED

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

G enerate enthusiasm G O D O perate your potential D estroy negative attitude

Now, as an elderly person I realise the only thing I can change is myself. When I was an young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I could’nt change the nation I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.

And suddenly I realise that if, long ago, I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family, My family and I could have made an impact on our town, their impact could have changed the nation. And I could have changed the world. - An unknown monk 1100 A.D. CHANGE – CAN BEGIN ONLY WITHIN AND FROM YOU Best Regards, Hari