Be Ready When it Comes
"I will prepare and some day my chance will come."
- Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865)
Former President of the United States
Every person
on the road to success has faced a time when they feel that nothing is working
for them. They have done all they know
to do, yet they have not achieved the success they seek. For some, this battle goes on for years. Take the example of one of the greatest
Presidents in the history of America, Abraham Lincoln.
1816: His family was forced out of their
home. He had to work to support them.
1818: His mother died.
1831: Failed in business.
1832: Ran for state legislature - lost.
1832: Also lost his job - wanted to go to
law school but couldn’t get in.
1833: Borrowed some money from a friend to
begin a business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt. He spent the next
17 years of his life paying off this debt.
1834: Ran for state legislature again - won.
1835: Was engaged to be married, sweetheart
died and his heart was broken.
1836: Had a total nervous breakdown and was
in bed for six months.
1838: Sought to become speaker of the state
legislature - defeated.
1840: Sought to become elector - defeated.
1843: Ran for Congress - lost.
1846: Ran for Congress again - this time he
won - went to Washington and did a good job.
1848: Ran for re-election to Congress -
lost.
1849 Sought the job of land officer in his
home state - rejected.
1854: Ran for Senate of the United States -
lost.
1856: Sought the Vice-Presidential
nomination at his party’s national convention - got less than 100 votes.
1858: Ran for U.S. Senate again - again he
lost.
1860: On the 6th of November, he was
elected president of the United States.
Like many of you, Lincoln knew
what he was born to do - lead. No matter
how many times he lost on the outside, on the inside he knew his destiny and
refused to accept anything less. For the
success-minded person, this is the life you must build in yourself. Know what you were created to do, go for it,
and never accept anything less.
Most people who suffer failure
in their lives and never achieve their dreams do not fail because they could
not make it, they fail because they give up.
It is always the ones who quit that suffer the loss. Those who keep fighting; keep coming back
each and every time, are the ones that achieve their dreams in life. The great Thomas A. Edison said, "Many
of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to
success when they gave up."
Success-minded people not only
succeed, they make sure they are ready to succeed. Learn from each failure or challenge you
face. Grown and develop personally from
your life experience. Never give in to
self-pity, negative thinking or laziness.
Every day when you start off, start with the determination that TODAY
will be your day! Today you will achieve
your dreams and be ready for that to happen.
You never know when your day will come, so simply decide that every day
will be that day.
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