lf you think you are beaten, you are.

If you think you dare not , you don’t!

If you like to win, but think you can’t,

It’s almost a cinch you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost,

For out in the world we find

Success begins with fellow’s will,

It’s all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed , you are,

You’ve got to think high to rise,

You’ve got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win a prize

Life’s battle don’t always go

To the stronger and faster man,

But sooner or later the man who wins

Is the man who thinks he can.

My point for writing above lines is that “winning is one’s thought process” Below are some examples of the failures of successful people:

* Thomas Edison failed approximately 10,000 times while he was working on the light bulb.

* Lee Iacocca was fired by Henry Ford II at the age of 54, later he invented the long term Car Loan and changed America forever

* Young Beethoven was told that he had no talent for music, but he gave some of the best music to the world.

Set backs are inevitable. A setback can act as a driving force and also teach us humility. In grief, you will find courage and faith to overcome the setback. Learn to become victors, not victims. Fear and doubt short- circuit the mind.

Ask yourself after every setback. What did I learn from this experience? Only then will you be able to turn a stumbling block into a stepping stone.

Life is not just party and pleasure ; it is also pain and despair. Unthinkable things happen. Sometimes everything turns upside down. Bad things happen to good people. Some things are beyond our control , such as physical disability and birth defects . We can’t choose our parents or the circumstances of our birth. If the ball bounced the wrong way for you, I’m sorry. But what do you do from that point on – cry or take the ball and run? That is the choice you have to make

” whatever the mind of a man can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve”

Author is a teacher in New Delhi, India