Henry Ford, a perfect Business man and Automobile Engineer

   A man who was failed in his early businesses and left him broke five times before he founded the successful company. This man was the world famous business man and engineer, who is known for his innovative assembly line and American-made cars even today. He is Henry Ford and his Ford Motor Company.
   Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863 on a Michigan farm. Henry Ford spent his childhood on his family's farm, located just outside of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. When Henry was twelve, his mother died. After the death of his mother, Henry had a strained relationship with his father. His father hoped that Henry would someday take over the family farm. But Henry Ford preferred to be an engineer.  
   From an early age, Henry Ford loved to take things apart and put them back together again just to see how they worked. Especially adept at doing this with watches, his neighbors and friends would bring him their broken watches to fix. Although good with watches, Henry's passion was machines. Henry Ford believed that machines could change the life of a farmer by replacing farm animals. At age 16, Henry Ford left the farm to take a learner ship as a machinist in Detroit. In the years that followed, Henry Ford would learn to skillfully operate and service steam engines, and would also study bookkeeping.
   In 1882, Henry Ford finished his apprenticeship and was thus a complete machinist. Westinghouse hired Henry Ford to demonstrate and operate their steam engines on nearby farms during the summers. During the winters, Henry Ford stayed on his father's farm, attentively working on building a lighter steam engine. 
   It was during this time that Henry Ford met Clara Ala Bryant. Henry's father gave him a large piece of land on which he built a small house, a sawmill and a shop to tinker in.

Knowledge is power, when we use it constructively

    Knowledge is power, when we use it constructively.  We often hear that, ” knowledge is power.” But this statement is only a half-truth. Knowledge is only potential power. Knowledge is power only when put to use and then only when the use made of it is constructive.

    

    The story is told that the great scientist Albert Einstein was once asked how many feet are in a mile. Einstein’s reply was, “I don’t know. Why should I fill my brain with of facts like this? I can find in two minutes in any standard reference book.” Albert Einstein taught us a big lesson. He felt it was more important to use your mind to think than to use it as a warehouse for facts.

One time Henry Ford was involved in a libel suit with the Chicago Tribune. The Tribune had called Henry Ford an ignoramus and Ford, a man of great respect, said in effect, “prove it.” The tribune asked him scores of simple questions such as “Who was Benedict Arnold?”, ”When was the revolutionary war fought?” and others, most of which Henry Ford, who had little formal education, could not answer.