This document outlines Abraham Lincoln's many failures and losses before eventually being elected President of the United States, including losing his job, failing in business, his wife dying, experiencing a nervous breakdown, and losing numerous political elections over many years for legislature, political party nominations, land officer posts, Senate seats, and Vice President before finally being elected President two years after losing another Senate election.

1. 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
1. Contested in election for speaker in legislature and lost
1. 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…..
GOT ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF AMERICA
ABRAHAM LINCOLN

2. FAILURE
Does not mean (X) It means (I )
You are a failure You have not yet
succeeded
You have accom- You have learned
plished nothing something
You will never be able You have to do it in a
to do it different way
You are inferior You are not perfect
You have wasted your You have to start afresh
life

3. FAILURE
Does not mean (X) It means (I )
You should give up You should try very
hard
You will never achieve It takes a little longer
God has abandoned God has a better idea!
you You will get the idea if
you have faith in Him

4. WE CAN CHANGE / SUCCEED
NAME WHAT WAS HE? WHAT DID HE BECOME?
ALBERT ORDINARY PATENT CLERK WORLD FAMOUS
EINSTEIN SCIENTIST
ABRAHAM POOR FARMER’S SON PRESIDENT OF
LINCOLN AMERICA
GOLDAMEIR AVERAGE SCHOOL PRIME MINISTER OF
TEACHER ISRAEL
FRANKLIN. D SICK AND BOTH LEGS PRESIDENT OF
ROOSEVELT PARALYSED AMERICA
HOMER BLIND GREATEST GREEK
WRITER
HELEN KELLER BLIND, DEAF AND DUMB RENOWNED WRITER
DEMOSTHENES NERVOUS STAMMERER WELL KNOWN GREEK
ORATOR
BEETHOVEN DEAF RENOWNED MUSIC
COMPOSER
THOMAS EDISON MATRICULATE GREATEST INVENTOR

5. WE CAN CHANGE / SUCCEED
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 LARGEST SELLER OF
FARMER WASHING POWDER
(NIRMA BRAND, Rs 1,200
CRORES TURNOVER)
TOPIWALA MATRICULATE WITH INITIAL NOW SELLS RS. 5 CRORE
INVESTMENT OF Rs 100 WORTH SHINGAR BINDI
PER YEAR
MALATHI HOLLA POLIO STRIKEN (25 GOT 150 GOLD MEDALS
SURGERIES DONE) IN DISC THROW, ETC.
SHARD KUMAR 2 HEART ATTACKS; CRIPPLED PERFORMED 45,000
DEEKSHIT IN LOWER SIDE OF THE BODY; SURGERIES FREE OF
VOCAL CORDS REMOVED COST
C.N. JANAKI BOTH LEGS POLIO FAMOUS SWIMMER,
MENTIONED IN BOOK
‘SPECIAL PEOPLE’ BY
OXFORD UNIVERSITY

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

7. Generate enthusiasm
Operate to your potential
Destroy negative attitude
CHANGE CAN
START WITH OURSELF
AND CAN BEGIN ONLY
FROM WITHIN.