ATTITUDE

‡Lost his job ‡Got defeated for legislature ‡Star ted business and failed ‡Wife died of a fatal disease ‡Experience nervous breakdown ‡Contested in election for speaker in legislature & lost ‡Tired for nomination in a political party & lost ‡Applied for post of land officer & didn t get it ‡Contested for senate & lost ‡Contested for vice president & lost ‡Again contested for senate & lost

AND TWO YEARS LATER GOT SELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF AMERICA

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

FAILURE
Does not mean (X) ‡ You are a failure ‡ You have accomplished nothing ‡ You will never be able to do it ‡ You are inferior ‡ You have wasted your life ‡ You should give up ‡ You will never achieve It means (Y) ‡ You have not yet succeeded ‡ You have learned somethning ‡ You have to do it in a different way ‡ You are not perfect ‡ You have to start a fresh ‡ You should try very hard ‡ It takes a little longer