00:00He was born in a small farming village in Japan. His family was poor. They all lived in a small
00:23house with very little money. When he was only 9 years old, he left school and started working
00:32in a small shop to support his family. He used to get up every day before sunrise, clean
00:40the store, run errands and then look after the children of his employer. Some years later,
00:50Destiny showed him a new path. He got a job in an electricity company. There, he got interested
00:59in light bulbs and sockets. Every night, he started learning and experimenting on his own.
01:08One day, he made an improved version of a light socket all by himself. He got very excited
01:16and showed it to his boss. But his boss was not impressed and said such a product will
01:24never work. Even though he was rejected, he believed in his idea. He wanted to do something
01:33on his own. Start his own company. He asked his friends. They told him he cannot do it.
01:40He cannot leave his permanent job and start his own company. He has no experience, very little
01:48money and hardly any education. Still, he believed in himself. So, when he turned 22, he took a
01:59big decision. He left his stable job and started his own small manufacturing company. He and his
02:07wife started manufacturing sockets in their small house. They both went door to door selling it but
02:16no shop owner was interested. They did not get any orders. Months passed by and still they were not
02:24able to sell their product. He sold his furniture, borrowed money to survive a little longer. Many days,
02:33he thought, I will give up and go back to my job. But in the morning, as the sun rose, he was out on the
02:43streets looking for orders, surviving for one more day. Then came a time he was almost bankrupt and just when
02:54he was closest to giving up his dream. That's when a miracle happened in his life. Out of nowhere, he got
03:04his first major order of 1000 pieces. Now, 100 years after that, first major order of 1000 pieces. His company
03:15now has over 250,000 employees with annual sales of 65 billion dollars. His company products are now sold
03:26across the world. All this was made possible by a man with no education and no money. All he had was a belief in
03:38himself. His name is Konosuke Matsushita. The company he started in a small house is now known across the world as
03:51Panasonic. Success is not dependent on how educated you are or how much money you have. Success is about
04:08believing in yourself. So, if you are also in pursuit of success, just believe in yourself when no one else does.
04:19Survive when other people give up. And just wait for that one miracle that will change your life forever.
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