Abraham Lincoln experienced many failures and defeats over the course of his career, including losing his job, failing in business, losing elections for state legislature and other political offices multiple times, and experiencing personal hardships like the death of his wife. However, he did not give up and two years after his last defeat, he was elected President of the United States.

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
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

2. 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 ()

3. 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
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. 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

6. 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

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