When I was employed at DELL computers, the business hung a number of inspirational posters around the business to help inspire employees. Each poster had a different theme, such as perseverance, success, integrity, etc.
One of the posters featuring Abraham Lincoln caught my eye, and so I purchased a small desk-top poster of my own. That poster sat on my desk when I was employed at KOBI-TV, the Winston Reporter, and KMTR-TV.
That poster reminded me, and still does, that any failures or setbacks we encounter today, do not need to affect the successes we may have tomorrow.
PERSEVERANCE
He failed in business in '31.
He was defeated for state legislator in '32.
He tried another business in '33. It failed.
His fiancee died in '35.
He had a nervous breakdown in '36.
In '43 he ran for Congress and was defeated.
He tried again in '48 and was defeated again.
He tried running for the Senate in '55. He lost.
The next year he ran for Vice President and lost.
In '59 he ran for the Senate again and was defeated.
In 1860, the man who signed his name A. Lincoln, was elected the 16th President of the United States.
The difference between history's boldest accomplishments and its most staggering failures is often, simply, the diligent will to persevere.
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