 Failure on the path to achievment
This always cheers me up and puts the mountain of failure that is required for most of us to achieve any kind of success into perspective for me:
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1832: Lost job
1832: Defeated for the legislature
1833: Failed in business
1834: Elected to the legislature
1835: Sweetheart died
1836: Had nevrvous breakdown
1838: Defeated for Speaker Of The House
1843: Defeated for nomination for Congress
1846: Elected to Congress
1848: Lost renomination
1849: Rejected for land officer
1854: Defeated for the Senate
1856: Defeated for nomination for being the Vice President
1858: Again defeated for nomination to the Senate
1860: Elected to the Presidency Of The United States
..............Abraham Lincoln
From
HOW TO GET CONTROL OF YOUR TIME AND YOUR LIFE
by Alan Lakein. 1973 ISBN: 0451167724, pages 156 - 157
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