A GREAT LESSON FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN!

You may have experienced so called "defeats"
or "failures" in 2007 but let that not keep you
from focussing on achieving your dreams in 2008.
Experiences good or bad only make you stronger
and wiser! Many people seem to be ignorant that
many successful people had to go through a string
of "failures" or challenges before they became
successful!

And that is why very few achieve success because
they give up on their dreams too soon after facing
a few "setbacks", "failures" and "challenges".

There are no "failures", only "learning experiences"
and the only "failure" is to give up on your dreams!

I highly recommend this book: Dare To Fail by
Billi P.S. Lim

Here's a classic example of a great man who
failed his way to success!

Abraham Lincoln didn't let his failures stop
him from becoming the 16th President of USA!

He failed as a business man - as a storekeeper.

He failed as a farmer - he despised this work.

He failed in his first attempt to obtain
political office.

When elected to the legislature he failed when
he sought the office of speaker.

He failed in his first attempt to go to Congress.

He failed when he sought the appointment to the
United States Land Office.

He failed when he ran for the United States Senate.

He failed when friends sought for him the nomination
for the vice-presidency in 1856.

Finally in 1860 he was elected as the 16th and one
of the greatest presidents in American history!

Hold on tight to your dreams and remember this
wise saying:

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man
who points out how the strong man stumbled, or
where the doer of deeds could have done them
better. The credit belongs to the man who is
actually in the arena; whose face is marred by
dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly;
who errs and comes short again and again; who
knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions,
and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows in the end the triumph of high
achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails,
at least fails while daring greatly, so that
his place shall never be with those cold and
timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
- Theodore Roosevelt