Usman Bin Younos Deputy District Leader, ASME Asia Pacific

1. Failure The Road to SuccessASME Student Professional Development Conference May 8-10, 2014UET Lahore, KSK Campus Usman Bin Younos Deputy District Leader, ASME Asia Pacific Lead Trainer, ASME K&C Training Committee

2. Intros Technology Year GPA

3. Today’s Presentation What Should I do ? The Road to Success The Road to Failure The Formula for Success

4. Name some of the people who are influential or inspirational for you, maybe your seniors, who were the best in college

5. The Road to Success • Get into the Best College • Top the College with High Ranks • Go on and join the corporate workforce This is where you are right now ? • Get into the Best College • Top the College with High Ranks • Put in Big Money from your wealth to build a great business empire • Live Happily Ever After $ 1,000,000 MIT / Harvard Huge Wealth Smart Education Generational Expertise The Formula:

6. The Road to Failure • Get into College • Learn to Learn • Aim at your Dreams • Try • Fail • Try Again • Fail Again • Try Again • Fail Again • Try Again • Fail Again • Try Again • Achieve your Dreams ! The “Failure” portion is the hardest part. If you survive this, you’ll get through

7. The ‘dent’ makers … and their GPA“make a dent in the universe” • Mohammad Ali • Bill Gates • Col. Sanders • Imran Khan • Steve Jobs • Walt Disney • Malik Riaz

8. Let’s study them

9. Col. Sanders 18,875 outlets in 118 countries Second Largest Food Franchise in the World Fired from dozens of jobs before founding a successful restaurant. Started after retirement Got the first “Yes” after 1006 tries Risk – Franchising Concept. Living on the road. Stuck to the Plan Self Belief Huge Wealth Smart Education Generational Expertise

10. Bill Gates World’s Largest Computer Company Richest Person from 1995 to 2009 and 2013 – Now Revolutionized Personal Computing Open a New Era in the World and Created the Software Industry College Drop Out Started a failed first business with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen called Traf-O-Data Turned down by many, including Apple Computers Saw what no one else at the time saw … The value in Software Believed in his Idea ! Huge Wealth Smart Education Generational Expertise

11. Muhammad Ali At the age of 22 he won the world heavyweight championship Remains the only three-time lineal World Heavyweight Champion Revolutionized the sport of boxing by sheer power and magnetism of his personality At the time when the U.S was still in the mindset of Slavery and Inequality and Black People were way behind in society Even after winning the Gold Medal in Olympic, he was not allowed to eat Downtown Ali refused to be conscripted into the U.S. military Exiled and Banned Ali became the Boxing Champion as well as the champion for Black Americans and Muslims Huge Wealth Smart Education Generational Expertise

12. Imran Khan One of the 100 most popular and influential figures in the World Only captain to lead Pakistan to World Cup Victory. Cricket Hall of Fame, One of the greatest cricketer ever. Established the ShaukatKahnum Hospital in a developing economy like Pakistan Established the NUML University Created the 3rd Major Political Party in Pakistan Rejected for Fast Bowling Panelists of Doctors Rejected the Idea of Cancer Hospital regarding it is “impossible” Severe criticism in Politics. None of the Political Parties ever saw him as a threat Huge Wealth Smart Education Generational Expertise

13. Steve Jobs Founded Apple, the largest company in the world Revolutionized man – machine interaction Created Pixar Gave the world Personal Computers Revolutionized Cell Phones - iPhone College Drop Out – Did not have enough money Turned down by HP. “Who needs a computer at home” “Experts” turned down his idea Kicked out from his own company Huge Wealth Smart Education Generational Expertise

14. Walt Disney Disney rakes in billions from merchandise, movies and theme parks around the world He was fired by a newspaper editor because, “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” After that, Disney started a number of businesses that didn’t last too long and ended with bankruptcy and failure. Huge Wealth Smart Education Generational Expertise

15. Malik Riaz Net Worth between$2 billion and $10 billion One of the Richest People in Pakistan. Starting from Zero in a time span of about 20 years Revamped the Real Estate and Housing Sector in Pakistan Failed in Matric Did not have enough money to pay Rickshaw fare He started working as a clerk at the age of 19 and eventually launched his own business, after borrowing a mere Rs1500 Huge Wealth Smart Education Generational Expertise

16. Brian Acton Facebook Inc. acquired WhatsAppInc. for US$19 billion He was turned down for employment by both Twitter and Facebook in 2009. Huge Wealth Smart Education Generational Expertise

17. Thomas Edison: In his early years, teachers told Edison he was “too stupid to learn anything.” Churchill struggled in school and failed the sixth grade. After school he faced many years of political failures, as he was defeated in every election for public office until he finally became the Prime Minister at the ripe old age of 62. Steven Spielberg was rejected from the University of Southern California School of Theater, Film and Television three times. He eventually attended school at another location, only to drop out to become a director before finishing. Michael Jordan: Most people wouldn’t believe that a man often lauded as the best basketball player of all time was actually cut from his high school basketball team. Luckily, Jordan didn’t let this setback stop him from playing the game and he has stated, “I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” Honda was turned down by Toyota Motor Corporation for an engineering job and stayed unemployed for some time.

18. The Bigger Picture They all failed once or more … The world did not see the value in them They believed in themselves and saw the value They stuck to the plan and tried

19. The Bigger Picture What did they all have in Common ? Not The Best Education No Money Passion Belief A Dream No Generational Support Mostly Started Early

21. A Dream Goal (Vision) Plan Courage Ability to Take Risk Energy Self Belief Determination & Persistence Col. Sanders Bill Gates Mohammad Ali Imran Khan Steve Jobs Walt Disney Malik Riaz

22. The Road and The Obstacles The challenges are real If you are making harder decisions, it means you are growing With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility Growth will attract attention. You will gain enemies. More people will start hating you. Criticizing You. Social Pressures will increase, specially from Family Financial Pressures will be present Performance will be a result of Self Motivation and Not any External Pressure

23. A Dream Goal (Vision) Plan Courage Ability to Take Risk (Nothing to Lose) Energy Self Belief Determination & Persistence Life is not 2+2 = 4 Nothing is Ideal in Life

24. What is required to AVOID the road to failure … • Not being a Dreamer • Listening too much to others • Being Afraid • Lack of persistence  • Lack of conviction • Not learning from past mistakes • Lack of discipline • Poor self-esteem • Fatalistic attitude  • Lack of courage 

25. Rationalizing Winners may analyze but never rationalize? That is a loser's game. Losers always have a book full of excuses to tell you why they could not. We hear excuses like: - I'm unlucky. - I'm born under the wrong stars.- I'm too young.- I'm too old. - I'm handicapped. - I'm not smart enough.- I'm not educated.- I'm not good looking.- I don't have contacts.- I don't have enough money.- The economy is bad.- If only I had the opportunity.- If only I didn't have a family.The list can go on and on.

26. What do you have ? • A Beautiful Mind • Brilliance and Smartness(Pursuing Engineering Degree) • Good Education • Access to Resources • Access to the whole world. The difference between a student in the USA and a student in Pakistan or any other part of the world is very small now. Same Internet, Same Global Culture.

27. What do you need ? Decide …

28. What do you need ? Discover Yourself … Your Passion … Evaluate your Strengths …

29. Where to get started ? Look around you … Look at yourself Dream Focus Focus on the Single Goal Focus on what you need to change / work on … do not start running after all the things at once, everything will come at the appointed time Take Action

30. Goal Setting Time Management Discipline Belief Knowledge Ability to Take Action

31. The Next Steps … • Decide if you are in or out • When you’ll take “that” step • Think of the idea • Build a Network of People • Start working “Yesterday”. Today is too late. • Focus on your strengths and your passion • Focus on the idea • Launch Yourself !

32. Some of the things the world needs … • Energy • Greater Connectivity • Solution to Basic Human Problems for more than 2 Billion People • Mass Solutions

33. What is Success ? Success is not Wealth alone All the people were “dent” makers and the money followed them …

34. Failure is not an option Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith – Steve Jobs Don’t be Afraid to Fail Don’t be afraid to try with the fear of failure

35. Thank You usman@asme.org