[nukkad] Your Inspiration Moment - Soichiro Honda (contd...)

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> Inspiration Moment 
> 					
> Soichiro Honda  (contd...)
> During the war, the United States bombed his factory, destroying most of
> it.
> 
> Instead of feeling defeated, Mr.Honda rallied all his employees.He
> said,"Quickly! Run outside and watch those war planes. What they'll do is
> drop their fuel cans out of the sky.We need to find out where they drop
> them and get those Cans, because they contain the raw materials we needed
> for the manufacturing process.These were the materials they could n't get
> anywhere in Japan.
> 
> Mr.Honda found a way to use whatever life gave him.
> 
> Finally an earthquake leveled his factory and he was forced to sell his
> piston operation to Toyota. 
> 
> But God never closes a door without opening another one, so we need to say
> alert to see whatever new opportunities life presents us....
> 
> When the war ended,Japan was in total turmoil.Resources were scarce in all
> parts of the country - gasoline was rationed and in some cases nearly
> impossible to find - and Mr.Honda couldn't even get enough gas to drive
> his car to the market to buy food for his family.But instead of feeling
> defeated or helpless, he made a new decision.He decided he would not
> settle for this quality of life.
> 
> He asked himself a very powerful question:"How else can I feed my
> family?.How can I use things I already have to find a way to get there?". 
> 
> He noticed a little motor  he had, one that was the size and type to drive
> a traditional lawn mover, and he got the idea of hooking it up to his
> bicycle.In that moment, the first motorized bike was created.He drove it
> to and from the market, and pretty soon his friends were asking him to
> make some for them too.Shortly thereafter , he had made so many
> 'motorbikes' that he ran out of motors,so he decided to build a new
> factory to manufacture his own.But he had no money, and Japan was torn
> apart.
> 
> How would he do it?
> 
> "It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped" - Anthony
> Robbins
> 
> Instead of giving up and saying,"There's no way", he came up with a
> brilliant idea.
> 
> He decided to write a letter to every single bicycle- shop owner in Japan,
> telling them that he thought he had the solution for getting Japan moving
> again, that his motorbike would be cheap and would help people get where
> they needed to go.Then he asked them to invest.
> 
> Of the 18,000 bicycle shop owners who received a letter, 3000 gave
> Mr.Honda money, and he manufactured his first Shipment. 
> 
> And then he was success , right ?
> 
> Wrong !
> 
> The motorbike was too big and bulky,and very few Japanese bought it.So
> once again, he noticed what wasn't working, and instead of giving up, he
> changed his approach again.He decided to strip his motorbike down and make
> it much lighter and smaller.He called it The Cub, and it became a
> "overnight Success", winning Honda the Emperor's Award.
> 
> Every one looked at him and thought how "Lucky" he was to have come up
> with this idea.
> 
> Was he lucky?
> 
> May be, if L.U.C.K means Labor Under Correct Knowledge.
> 
> Today Mr.Honda's company is one of the most successful in the World.
> 
> Honda Corporation now employs over 100,000 people - all because Mr.Honda
> never gave up.
> 
> From the Book "Awaken  The Giant Within"
> 	
> Author:Anthony Robbins
> Publishers   Simon & Schuster 
> 
> 
> 	You have powers you never dreamed of.
> You can do things you never thought you could do. 
> There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your
> own mind.
> - Darwin P. Kingsley  
> (Thanks Nandita for sharing this Quote )
> 
> Celebrate Life .....Great Day.....
> 
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