Never Feel Defeated In Life
We often feel like failures in life when we struggle to achieve something but we fail. We may even feel that at times the odds are stacked against us. But, then we remember the familiar saying that, “failures are the stepping stones to success”.
The greatest leaders, scientists and inventors of the world, like Thomas Edison failed several times in his experiments but he never gave up and just kept on trying till he succeeded. Here is a full list of people who failed and did not give up.
http://www.uky.edu/~eushe2/Pajares/OnFailingG.html
Edison’s who was an entrepreneur not only learned from his failures, but used his failures to make him more innovative with all his experiments. Edison learned two important lessons through his failures. The first Edisonian lesson was to understand his customers and the second Edisonian lesson was to discover the essential needs of his customers. These two lessons were the cornerstones to Edison’s success in life as an Entrepreneur and an Inventor.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanfurr/2011/06/09/how-failure-taught-edison-to-repeatedly-innovate/
However, we are not all great inventors, leaders or entrepreneurs. We are just ordinary people who sometimes feel defeated in life. I read a story sometime ago, about the Miracle of the Brooklyn Bridge, which connects Brooklyn to Manhattan. The bridge was conceived by the brilliant mind of John Roebling, who designed the whole bridge with the assistance of his son Washington Roebling, who was a young engineer. But, it was not the destiny of John Roebling to see the completed bridge. After a few months of having started the construction of the bridge, both father and son were involved in an on-site accident. John Roebling did not survive the accident and his son Washington was unable to talk and barely able to move. There was no one else who had the ability or skills to complete the job, but his son, Washington. Though the body of Washington Roebling was broken, his mind was alert. Washington Roebling who could only move one finger, devised a unique method of communicating his instructions to his wife with a code when he touched her. He tapped out his instructions to his wife who communicated it to the Engineers, who completed the marvellous Brooklyn Bridge in thirteen years. This is a stupendous task and an amazing feat achieved by a man who was not going to feel defeated in life. Whenever, you feel defeated in life, just remember the spectacular achievement of Washington Roebling and the Miracle of the Brooklyn Bridge.