FAILURE CAN BE A STEPPING STONE!!!

FAILURE CAN BE A STEPPING STONE!

I am about to narrate one of the most inspiring stories I heard. This is the story of a man who overcame problems, difficulties and failures to eventually rise as a super hero.
He was born on November 17 1906 to Gihei, a blacksmith. He spent his early childhood helping his father repair bicycles and later moved to Tokyo where he worked as an apprentice at a garage and later as a car mechanic.
Later he designed a piston ring and decided to sell it to the Toyota Corporation. He worked for long hours, day after day, for months exhausting all his money and even pledged his wife's jewellery to keep his project going. After years of hard work and concentrated efforts he designed a piston ring and approached Toyota. He was sure they would buy it but they rejected it outright.
People made fun of him and thought he had almost lost all his money, he did not lose hope. He had tremendous faith in his dream and kept refining his design for the next two years. Once again he visited Toyota, this time with an all new design.Toyota bought it immediately and it seemed that his dream had come true.
However, he now had another challenge. He needed to build his factory to manufacture piston rings and needed concrete for the construction. But since Japan was preparing for the World War II, he could find no concrete in the country. Again he did not give up; he put in weeks of untiring effort and along with some of his friends he figured out alternative ways of manufacturing concrete and finally built his factory.
Things never looked brighter as everything fell in place and his factory began production. But during the war his factory was bombed and destroyed. Determined as he always was, he rebuilt it but things hit rock bottom when an earthquake levelled his factory and he was forced to sell his piston manufacturing operation to Toyota.
The situation went from bad to worse when the war ended — Japan was experiencing its toughest times ever. Resources were scarce and no one could even find petrol to drive their cars around. This is when he found a little motor almost like the one we use to drive a lawn mower. He fixed this to a bicycle and created the world's first motorbike. He used this bike to go to the market to buy food for his family. People took notice of this little wonder and asked him to make some more motor bikes.
This brought him to the next turning point in his career. Soon orders started pouring in and he ran out of motors and funds to meet the growing demand for his motorbikes. He then decided to raise funds inviting thousands of bicycle shop owners to invest in his company. Some of them responded, money started to pour in and the manufacturing processes began. However, the first shipment was poorly received by buyers as the motorbike was too bulky and very few people bought it.
The 'never-say-die' spirit of the man made him work harder until he found a way to make lighter and smaller bikes which became an instant hit and made him a super hero, first in Japan and then in the rest of the world. Yes, I am talking about the man known for his machines Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Company Limited. Today his company employs over a lakh of people around the world and manufactures some of the best automobiles, motorcycles, engines, generators, scooters, jets and so on.
Honda emerged victorious in spite of all odds against him because he never gave up; he had immense faith in his abilities and knew exactly what he wanted to do with his life. He looked for an opportunity in every difficulty, kept himself motivated in the darkest hours of his life and created a fortune with the power of his dreams.


Now time for a quick thought. Isn't this a situation that most of us have experienced in our lives? Some go though the grill and become Dhirubhai Ambani, Narayana Murthy, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Irfan Pathan and Saurav Ganguly. These are people who like Soichiro Honda never gave up and kept working hard to get lucky in life.
Then there are others who go half the distance to make their dreams come true; succumb to difficulties, perhaps give up and now lead a life full of compromises. And another set of people who are too scared to even dream big. They are so overwhelmed with the fear of failure that they do not even dream.
You have to work at making your dreams come true. It could be a dream to build a great business or to do well in exams or just improve a relationship. Don't give up, don't feel defeated, don't get depressed, try again, try different approaches, try with an open mind, drop your emotional and mental baggage, stay positive, accept failures, learn from your mistakes and try again because that is the only way to succeed.
Your ability to deal constructively and effectively with mistakes and temporary setbacks is a skill that you can learn and become proficient at. The best way to deal with any failure is to realise that it is an indispensable prerequisite for success.

Remember, when God closes one door he always opens another — so get up, look for the new door, open it and get started again.