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WHAT IS SUCCESS ?

Take up one idea. 

Make that one idea your life. 

Think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. 

Let the brain, muscles, nerves, 

every part of your body be full of that idea. 

Just leave every other idea alone. 

This is the way to success. 

- Swami Vivekananda 

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, 

practiced every day. 

- Jim Rohn

Success is a science; 

if you have the conditions, you get the result. 

- Oscar Wilde 

Success Is 99% Failure! - The Honda Story

Honda is one of the most successful brands for cars motorcycles and others. But do you know that this success came out of repeated failures of it’s founder Mr. Soichiro Honda? 

Soichiro Honda was a man born for failures. But he learnt the art of converting the curses into boons. 

The key to Honda’s success was how he reacted to all the extreme problems he encountered. Read one of the most inspiring failure stories of the world!

FIRST DREAM PROJECT

In 1938, Soichiro Honda was around 18 years old when he started a little workshop. He had a burning desire to develop  piston rings and sell it to Toyota company. 

He worked hard day and night. After several months of sweat and toil he completed his working model of piston ring. 

REJECTED AND RIDICULED

With high expectations he took the sample to Toyota. But his work was rejected. The engineers laughed at his design. He came back to his workshop with shattered dream. 

He was broke and frustrated but he wasn’t about to give up on his dream that easily.

HE WON A CONTRACT

But, he refused to give up. Rather than focusing on his failure, he continued working towards his goal.

He spent the next two years continuing to find way to make the piston ring better. “I let no one disturb my concentration… Even hunger could not disturb me” was his comment about his own focus. 

Then, after two more years of struggle and redesign, he won a contract with Toyota.

UNABLE TO BUILD HIS FACTORY

By now, the Japanese government was gearing up for the second world war! With the contract in hand, Soichiro Honda needed to build a factory to supply Toyota. 

But building materials were in short supply. Though he had orders in his hand he was unable to build his factory. It seemed like nobody would help him . 

Again did he quit? Absolutely not.

HE FOUND A NEW WAY

Still he would not quit! He worked around the clock trying different approaches to manufacture concrete. 

This new concrete-making process enabled him to build the factory. With the factory now built, he was ready for production. He seemed to be the happiest person.

THE FACORY WAS BOMBED TWICE

But the second world war bombarded his dream. His factory was bombed twice and steel became unavailable, too. 

Was this the end of the road for Honda? No!

He started reconstructing the bombarded building. He was about to start the manufacturing process.

EARTHQUAKE SHATTERED THE DREAM

Japan is an earthquake prone country. Finally, an earthquake destroyed the whole factory. His factory was levelled to the ground and he was forced to sell his piston operation to Toyota.

Soichiro Honda’s dream received the deadliest attack, but that wouldn’t stop him from going on to achieve something far greater.

HIS BIGGEST THRILL

  

When the war had ended Japan was in total turmoil. Resources were scarce. Gasoline was rationed. Honda couldn’t even get enough gas to drive his car to the market to buy food for his family.

Yet again, instead of feeling helpless and defeated he started asking himself some very powerful questions: “How can I use the things I already have to find a way to get there?” 

He explained about his positive spirit in the following words: “My biggest thrill is when I plan something and it fails, my mind is then filled with ideas on how I can improve it.” 

THE FIRST ‘MOTORBIKE’

He noticed a little motor he had on a traditional lawn mower, and got a flash of idea of hooking it up to his bicycle. He never waited.

He fixed the little lawn mower motor to his bicycle and started riding it. In that moment the first “motorbike” was created. 

He drove the motorized bicycle to the market. All of his friends and relatives requested him to make similar one for them too.

ANOTHER OBSTACLE

Shortly thereafter he’d made so many motorised bicycles. The entire town ran out of motors because of this new trend.

He was unable to supply the demand. So he decided to build a new factory to manufacture his own.

Yet again another obstacle stood in Mr. Honda’s way. He had no money and Japan was torn apart so how could he do it?

Was he ready to give up now? No!

RAISED MONEY IN A NOVEL WAY

Soichiro Honda wrote to 18,000 bicycles shop owners. In that inspiring letter, he asked them to help him revitalize Japan.

5,000 bicycles shop owners responded and advanced him what little money they could to build his tiny bicycle engines.

PROBLEM OF UNATTRACTIVE MODELS

Honda managed to establish his new factory. Unfortunately, the first motorbike models were unattractive and didn't work well. 

There were many complaints from the customers. Did he concede his defeat? No.

INSTANT SUCCESS ?

He himself went to the workshop, and continued to improve the model and functions of parts. Finally he came up with the small engine ‘The Super Cub’.

‘The Super Cub’ became ‘instant success’. With success in Japan, Honda began exporting his Super Cub engines to Europe and America.

End of story? No!

ANOTHER GAS SHORTAGE

In the 1970s there was another gas shortage, this time in America. Because of this gas crisis, the automotive fashion turned to small cars.

Honda was a man, who always looked for opportunities among problems. He was quick to pick up on the trend. 

Since Honda company is now an expert in small engine design, the company started making tiny cars, smaller than anyone had seen before, and rode another wave of success.

Today, Honda Corporation employs over 100,000 people, and is one of the world’s largest automobile companies.

SUCCESS IS 99% FAILURE

Through out his life Honda was bombarded with failures. But each and every time, he took the failure level headed and made adjustments on a continuous basis.

Honda said “Success is 99% failure. Success can be achieved only through repeated failure and introspection.” 

Whenever you meet with a failure just remember Honda’s quote: 

“I don’t regret the thousands of times 

I came home empty-handed, 

having lost all my ammunition and bait. 

When the days get as gloomy as that, 

then you know you will soon find the treasure…"

Definite Chief Aim - the starting point of phenomenal success!

Creating a Definite Chief Aim for yourself is a way to supercharge yourself to achieve great success which you never dreamt before. 

Aligning yourself with a major purpose gives you clarity. It helps you to create a laser-like focus in your endeavors.

The term, Definite Chief Aim

The term, Definite Chief Aim, comes from the success philosophy of Napoleon Hill. We can learn this in detail from his powerful books, The Law of Success (1928) and Think and Grow Rich (1937). 

He says strongly held Definite Chief Aim transforms your mind into a powerful magnet which attracts the people and circumstances necessary to accomplish your desire.

Napoleon Hill writes with 100 percent confidence:

"When a man seriously decides about the Definite Chief Aim of his life, 

the whole universe seems to come to his aid to see that he gets it."

There are hundreds of success stories which prove the words of Napoleon Hill. 

Here we are going to read a dramatic description of how Arnold Schwarzenegger was able to visualise his definite chief aim well in advance and make it into reality later.

100 Ways to Motivate Yourself

In his amazing book ‘100 Ways to Motivate Yourself’, journalist and motivational speaker Steve Chandler narrates about his first interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger which happened several years back.

How Arnold visualised his Definite Chief Aim.

“Arnold Schwarzenegger was not famous yet in 1976 when he and I had lunch together at the Doubletree Inn in Tucson, Arizona. Not one person in the restaurant recognized him. 

He was in town publicizing the movie Stay Hungry, a box-office disappointment he had just made. I was a sports columnist for the Tucson Citizen at the time. 

My assignment was to write a feature story about him for our newspaper’s Sunday magazine. And although I took to it with an uninspired attitude, it was one I’d never forget.

Perhaps the most memorable part of that day with Schwarzenegger occurred when we took an hour for lunch. I had my reporter’s notebook out and was asking questions for the story while we ate. 

At one point I casually asked him, “Now that you have retired from bodybuilding, what are you going to do next?”

With a voice as calm as if he were telling me about some mundane travel plans, he said, “I’m going to be the number-one box-office star in all of Hollywood.”

Mind you, this was not the slim, aerobic Arnold we know today. This man was pumped up and huge.

I tried not to show my shock and amusement at his plan. After all, his first attempt at movies didn’t promise much. And his Austrian accent and awkward, monstrous build didn’t suggest instant acceptance by movie audiences. 

I finally managed to match his calm demeanor, and I asked him just how he planned to become Hollywood’s top star.

“It’s the same process I used in bodybuilding,” he explained. “What you do is create a vision of who you want to be, and then live into that picture as if it were already true.”

It sounded ridiculously simple. Too simple to mean anything. But I wrote it down. And I never forgot it.

I’ll never forget the moment when some entertainment TV show was saying that box office receipts from his second Terminator movie had made him the most popular box office draw in the world.

Over the years I’ve used Arnold’s idea of creating a vision as a motivational tool. I’ve also elaborated on it in my corporate training seminars. 

He did not say that you wait until you receive a vision. You create one. In other words, you make your own definite chief aim.”

Decide upon your Definite Chief Aim

Once you’ve decided upon your Definite Chief Aim, all of your decisions and actions align with your major purpose.

The next step is to develop a white hot heat of desire for it. Become obsessive. Think about it night and day.  You will achieve it.

Help to spread the smiles

TALENT SEARCH TRUST is a purposeful initiative, started to motivate the new generation and change their lives. We invite every ignited individual who really wishes to plant the seeds of hope among the children and youth to join hand with us. 

TALENT SEARCH TRUST is a Registered Non Governmental Organisation registered in Chennai, India under Indian Trusts Act, 1882 (1772 of 2006). 

Talent Search Trust focuses on Confidence Building and Skill Development among the new generation.

The Trust organises Talent Search Competitions and Motivational Workshops for students.

The Trust has donated more than Rs 1 crore worth of books, educational magazines, note books and gifts to the children of various Government schools, Chennai Corporation schools, Government aided schools and private schools.

The Trust is headed by Mr.Susi Thirugnanam, Editor of educational magazines KIDS PUNNAGAI and GENIUS PUNNAGAI.

Our Vision : "Spread the smiles"

Our mission : "To involve ourselves in various activities which can inspire the new generation 

and guide them lead successful lives."

Our Activities

1. Organizing Talent Search Competitions

2. Personality Development Programs

3. Orientation Programs for teachers

4. Supporting various initiatives to enhance reading habit 

5. Providing support to less fortunate students.

We request you to support this mission in all possible ways. 

You can donate inspiring KIDS magazine 

to the underprivileged children.

Cost of 1 year subscription for 10 students is Rs 5000 

You can donate inspiring GENIUS magazine to the underprivileged High school students.

Cost of 1 year subscription for 10 students is Rs 5000 

You can donate to arrange motivational programs in schools. 

Cost of an impact-creating motivational program with follow ups is Rs.25,000

You may donate any possible amount for this noble cause.

Your support will be utilised in the right way and it will be intimated to you.

Account Particulars

Ac.Name : TALENT SEARCH TRUST 

Current Ac. No.: 6029725603 

Indian Bank, Alwarpet Branch

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