Ultimate success story Soichiro Honda R. Krishnamurthi
There are no failures in life. There are only results 1938 in school – invested everything he had in a little workshop to develop piston ring n Working day night sleeping in the workshop to sell to Toyota Corp n Pawned his wife’s jewellery n Toyota said ’did not meet Toyota's stds’ n
Went to school for two years n Instructors and fellow students laughed and talked about his designs n After 2 yrs Toyota gave him a contract n Japanese govt was gearing up for war n Refused to give him the concrete necessary to build his factory n
His team invented a process for creating their own concrete and built their factory n Bombed twice during the war n Picked up the extra gasoline left by the US fighters n An earthquake leveled his factory n He decided to sell his piston n Tremendous gasoline shortage n
Attached a small motor to his cycle n Made motorised bikes for his neighbours n Built a plant that would manufacture motors n Did not have the capital n Wrote to 18000 bicycle shop owners in Japan n 5000 of them advanced capital he needed n
‘The super Club’ one bike with modifications Today? n One man understood the power of a truly committed decision that is acted upon on a continuous basis n He is a man who clearly made strong decisions to succeed n