When asked toward the end of his life what had been the most important lesson in his journey, Honda pointed back to the moment he’d delivered the flawed pistons to Toyota. He had failed, but his determination to learn from his failure transformed him into a much more potent entrepreneur. “Many people dream of success. To me, success can be achieved only through repeated failure and introspection,” Honda said. “In fact, success represents 1 percent of your work, which results only from the 99 percent that is called failure.” Soichiro Honda’s story really connects with me. I know how hard it was
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