1. The document describes the many failures and defeats experienced by Abraham Lincoln including losing his job, failing in business, his wife dying, experiencing a nervous breakdown, and losing several elections. 2. It then states that two years later, Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States. 3. The document provides examples of successful people who overcame difficulties including deafness, stuttering, disability, and poverty to achieve great things. It encourages readers that they too can change their situation through perseverance.

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

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

4. 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

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 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

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

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