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SUCCESS IS 99 percent FAILURE

Present Continuous

It is also in the country of Japan, where a man named Soichiro Honda is finding success through failure. He is failing over and over on his way to becoming one of the world’s richest men.

What is he doing over and over? He is failing over and over.

Soichiro’s father is working as a blacksmith, but he is also running a small bicycle repair shop. Soichiro is helping his father fix bicycles as a child. He is doing a good job fixing things, but he isn’t being a good student. He is failing in school.

Is he doing well in school? No, he isn’t doing well in school. He is failing in school.

In Japan, parents are required to mark their children’s grade reports with the family seal to confirm that they have received them. Soichiro is always thinking of clever opportunities. He is thinking that he can use rubber from the bicycle shop to fake his parents’ family seal. He is making them for other children at his school when he is caught.

What is he doing when he is caught? He is making family seals when he is caught.

After dropping out of school at the age of 15, Soichiro is going to Tokyo to become a mechanic. He is working in a car repair shop in Tokyo. After six years, he is returning to his hometown to open his own repair shop. In addition to fixing cars, he is also working as a designer. He is trying to design a better piston ring to sell to Toyota. He is working day and night on his design. He is having trouble finding the money to continue his piston project.

What is he having trouble with? He is having trouble finding the money to continue his piston project.

However, he is never thinking about quitting or stopping. He is always thinking of a way to persevere. He is now selling his wife’s jewelry to make the money he needs to continue his piston design.

What is he doing to make money? He is selling his wife’s jewelry to make money.

After two years of hard work, he is preparing his design for sale. He is bringing it to Toyota. He is thinking that they will buy it and he will be a big success. To his surprise, they rejected it. Soichiro still isn’t giving up.

He knows that he needs more education, so he is going back to school. At school, his classmates and teachers are laughing at his design, but this isn’t stopping Soichiro either.

What are his classmates and teachers laughing at? His classmates and teachers are laughing at his design.

He is studying hard in any course that will help him follow his dream and he is ignoring the rest. He is also refusing to take tests because he doesn’t see any value in grades. When the school tells him he isn’t graduating, he doesn’t care. He’s thinking their diploma has less value than a movie ticket.

What is he thinking? He’s thinking their diploma has less value than a movie ticket.

While a ticket will give you entry to a movie, a diploma won’t give him anything.

He isn’t giving up on his goal to design a better piston.

Is he giving up on his goal? No, he isn’t giving up on his goal.

He is always looking at the problems with his older designs and thinking about how he can make them better. He is thinking that all of his failures are really opportunities to understand what works and how to improve. After many failures and many new models, he is getting his design ready to show to Toyota again. Toyota is thinking about it. They like it. They are making a contract to buy many of them from Soichiro.

Is Toyota rejecting his design? No, Toyota isn’t rejecting his design. Toyota is making a contract to buy many of them.