The Road to Success

ASME Student Professional Development Conference May 8-10, 2014

UET Lahore, KSK Campus

Usman Bin YounosDeputy District Leader, ASME Asia Pacific

Lead Trainer, ASME K&C Training Committee

Failure

Intros

TechnologyYearGPA

Today’s Presentation

The Road to Success

The Formula for Success

The Road to Failure

What Should I do ?

Name some of the people who are influential or inspirational for you, maybe your seniors,

who were the best in college

The Road to Success

• Get into the Best College• Top the College with High Ranks• Go on and join the corporate workforce

• 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

This is where you are right now

HugeWealth

Smart Education

The Formula: Generational Expertise

?$ 1,000,000 MIT / Harvard

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

The ‘dent’ makers … and their GPA“make a dent in the universe”

Bill GatesMohammad Ali

Imran Khan

Col. Sanders

Steve Jobs

Walt Disney

Malik Riaz

Let’s study them

Col. Sanders

HugeWealth

Smart Education

Generational Expertise

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

Bill GatesWorld’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

WealthSmart

EducationGenerational

Expertise

Muhammad AliAt 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

HugeWealth

Smart Education

Generational Expertise

Imran KhanOne 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 Shaukat Kahnum 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 threatHuge

WealthSmart

EducationGenerational

Expertise

Steve JobsFounded 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 HugeWealth

Smart Education

Generational Expertise

Walt Disney

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.

Disney rakes in billions from merchandise, movies and theme parks around the world

HugeWealth

Smart Education

Generational Expertise

Malik RiazNet 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 Rs 1500

HugeWealth

Smart Education

Generational Expertise

Brian Acton

Facebook Inc. acquired WhatsApp Inc. for US$19 billion

He was turned down for employment by both Twitter and Facebook in 2009.

HugeWealth

Smart Education

Generational Expertise

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.

Honda was turned down by Toyota Motor Corporation for an engineering job and stayed unemployed for some time.

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.”

The Bigger PictureWealth Best

EducationGenerational Support

Col Sanders No No No

Bill Gates No No No

Mohammad Ali No No No

Imran Khan No Yes No

Steve Jobs No No No

Walt Disney No No No

Malik Riaz No No No

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

The Bigger Picture

What did they all have in Common ?

No MoneyNot The Best Education

No Generational SupportMostly Started Early

Passion BeliefA Dream

Col. Sanders

Bill Gates

Mohammad Ali

Imran Khan

Steve Jobs

Walt Disney

Malik Riaz

A Dream

Goal (Vision)

Plan

Courage

Ability to Take Risk

Energy

Self Belief

Determination & Persistence

The Road and The ObstaclesThe 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

Life is not 2+2 = 4

Nothing is Ideal in Life

A Dream

Goal (Vision)

Plan

Courage

Ability to Take Risk (Nothing to Lose)

Energy

Self Belief

Determination & Persistence

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

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.

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.

What do you need ?Decide …

What do you need ?

Discover Yourself …

Your Passion …

Evaluate your Strengths …

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

Knowledge

Time Management

Goal Setting

Discipline

Belief

Ability to Take Action

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 !

Some of the things the world needs …

• Energy• Greater Connectivity• Solution to Basic Human Problems for more

than 2 Billion People• Mass Solutions

What is Success ?

Success is not Wealth alone

All the people were “dent” makers and the money followed them …

Failure is not an option

Don’t be Afraid to Fail

Don’t be afraid to try with the fear of failure

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith – Steve Jobs

Thank Youusman@asme.org