The Story of Successful Failure
My second story in the series of failure story of successful people is about America’s President Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln was 52 years old when he became President of the United States. He faced many failures in his entire life before becoming the President, but he did not give up.
Abraham Lincoln was born in a forest in Kentucky in 1809. Her father was a pioneer and farmer and her mother was a very religious woman. His mother died when he was young. His father’s second wife was a great admirer of Lincoln and is said to have fostered his love of learning. Lincoln’s life was full of failures, so would Lincoln be called a failure? Not at all… Because he did not give up in the face of his failures, he got his name registered in the category of most successful people.
If the President of the United States were a failed man, we would not be trying to know and understand his story today. Lincoln was one of the most successful men on earth. Why? ? ? Because they tried until they failed.
The story of Abraham Lincoln’s failures
1832 – Defeat in election: Lincoln ran for Illinois State Assembly in 1832 but lost. This was his first political failure.
1833 – Business failure: Lincoln started a business in 1833, opening a general store, but his business closed shortly thereafter.
1835 – Personal grief: Lincoln’s fiancée died in 1835, leaving him under deep mental stress. This was the most painful time of his life.
1836 – Mental depression: Lincoln suffered severe depression in 1836. He was disappointed with life, but he pulled himself together and decided to move forward.
1838 – Election defeat: In 1838, Lincoln ran for the Illinois Assembly again, but this time he also lost. Consecutive defeats made him stronger mentally.
1848 – Out of Congress: Lincoln was elected to the US Congress in 1846, but when he ran for re-election in 1848, he was defeated and lost his seat.
1854 – Defeat in the Senate election: Lincoln ran for the US Senate in 1854, but he lost again.
1858 – Defeated again in the Senate election: Lincoln again ran for the Senate in 1858, in which his defeat brought him national recognition.
In 1860, after many failures and struggles, Abraham Lincoln finally achieved success. He was elected the 16th President of America. Imagine, if Lincoln had bowed his head before failures, would his name have ever been included in the list of greatest people??
learning from this story
The story of Abraham Lincoln teaches us that failures are a part of our life. Failures are those steps on the path to success, without climbing which it is very difficult to reach the destination of success. Therefore, we have to learn from our failures and try to make ourselves stronger and capable.
The life of Brahma Lincoln gives us all the message that with patience, hard work and self-confidence, every difficulty can be faced and ultimately success can be achieved. The only condition is that we have to fail until we taste the fruit of success, that is, we should not be afraid of failure, but keep trying again and again because
“By constant practice, even a dull mind becomes wise”
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