Henry Ford gave this world the V8 engine. He did not have much formal education. In fact, he did not go to school beyond the age of 14. He was intelligent enough to know there had to be a V8 engine but he was ignorant and didn't know how to build it. So he asked all his highly qualified, educated people to build one. But they told him what could be done and what couldn't. According to them, a V8 was an impossibility. But Henry Ford insisted on having his V8. A few months later he asked his people if they had the V8 and they replied, "We know what can be done and we also know what cannot be done and V8 is an impossibility." This went on for many months and still Henry Ford said, "I want my V8." And shortly thereafter the same people produced his V8 engine. How come? They let their imagination run beyond academic limitation.
This tells us a lot of things about Mr. Henry Ford and the qualities he possessed. If you can model the same personality, the same attitude, the same determination, you surely can take on Ford or anyone in this world. He possessed,
The Imaginative & Creative Mind : All the great leaders of all times who have done something significant that has lead to making an impact on the world, are one's who possess Imaginative & Creative Mind. Even Albert Einstein said, “I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
Also, Ford looked for his own V8 engine, which was Impossible as the great learned people said, he told them, "Do it anyway." People would think, he was crazy to shell out so much of his resources on something which could never be built. That's where his 2nd Major Quality comes out,
Faith : Henry Ford had a lot of Faith & Belief in his dream of the V8 Engine. He had the Faith that something from his ethereal world that the unseen forces did something magical, as we would call it to transmute into the real world. He set the ball rolling for the unseen forces to work when he used the 3rd Major Quality,
Declaration : Ford knew the power of declaration. It is said that all we are are just vibrations and all we say is also a vibration which is sent to the unseen world, and every word is noted down and every wish is to be granted if and only if the person who speaks it possess total confidence & faith in what he says and believes it with all his heart. Ford did speak out loud & told his wishes out in the open without any hesitation and total certainty that he wants the V8 engine.
He surely lacked formal education, but the qualities he possessed made him what he is right now, The Great Henry Ford! He has never stopped chasing his dreams, and he never will until he succeeds. That my friend, is the spirit of a champion. We only limit ourselves, by the limitations we put on ourselves.
If you lack formal education and think you can't be rich or succeed, I'd like to politely tell you, You're Wrong.
Change your beliefs, your habits, your mindset & you shall change your life.
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Rohan Khosla
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