NEVER GIVE UP, LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES

One of the most outstanding failures of all times is a man who lost his job in 1831, was defeated in his run for Illinois state legislature in 1832 and failed in business in 1833.  To most people the next thought would be -and the man died in 1834.

However this successful failure was not about to give up yet. He still had more things to fail in!!

In 1838 he was defeated in run for Illinois House Speaker. In 1843 he was defeated again on his nomination for U.S. Congress, so to 1849 when he was rejected for lands officer position . In 1854 he was defeated in run for U.S. Senate

In 1856 he was defeated for in his run for Nomination for Vice President and in 1858 he was again defeated in his run for U.S. Senate.

By this time he had been defeated in practically every elective position he could run for.

There was however a major one that he had yet to run for. It is also important to note that whenever he got defeated at any level, he went higher next time.

As it turned out, the only office that this successful failure had not yet lost an election was the office of the president.

In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States of America! It can be aptly said that he failed his way to the top.

For every failure you have experienced is not valuable to waste time crying about. Locate the ashes and begin to build again from ashes.

The difference between you and the success you envy lies in the ability to build from ashes.

Extract Courtesy of Sir Reuben Kiborek.