Class 7thA Moral science 8th week assignment Realise Your Potential Self- worth refers to a feeling that you have good qualities which can make you achieve good things in life. In other words, it is a feeling that makes you think that you have potential for doing great things in life. However, even if one has potential, he has to work hard to attain success because success come after a lot of failures. In fact, failure teach a person how to attain success. So, one should never be afraid of failures. He should use his talent again and again to achieve the desired goal. Very famous and successful peoples like Henry Ford, Bill Gates, Walt Disney, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, Socrates, Thomas Edison, Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, Oprah Winfrey, Charlie Chaplin, DhirubhaiAmbani, Akshay Kumar, Emily Dickinson, Steven Spielberg, J.K. Rowling, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Amitabh Bachchan, Michael Jordan, etc.attained and success after a lot of failures and struggle. Let us learn about the life of Akshay Kumar: Akshay Kumar Rajiv Hari On Bhatia, popularly known by his stage name, Akshay Kumar, was born in Amritsar in the year 1967 in a typical Punjabi household. After completing his schooling in Delhi, he moved to Mumbai for higher studies but left his college Midway to shift to Bangkok to learn Martial arts. Due to financial crisis, he took odd jobs like being a waitet and chef whilst learning the combat sport Muay Thai. After some time, he returned to his homeland with a black belt in Taekwondo. Calculate ( Kolkata) was his first spot in India where Rajiv worked as a peon for a year. Dhaka was next where he worked as a salesman for a brief period of six months. Next up was Delhi where he worked as a small jewellery trader. Finally, he took to teaching martial arts to school children in Mumbai. Rajiv was directionsless in life and had to accept whatever life threw at him. Little did he know that he was inching close to fame. It was one of his students who brought him into modelling. He got his pictures clicked and in no time Rajiv started earning good. Rajiv fell in love with the glamour world and changed his name to become Akshay Kumar. But if Akshay would have thought that modelling was his calling, destiny had some other plans for him. A missed flight before an important advertisement shoot led Akshay to try his luck in Bollywood. He started dropping his pictures in the offices of well- known producers and directors. After many days of anonymity and a string of rejections, Akshay got his first movie, "Deedar". It was the director Duo Abbas- Mustan who breathed life into Akshay Kumar's career and established him with "Khiladi". The audiences idolised him as the ultimate action star which motivated the actor to do as many as eight movies in the blockbuster "Khiladi" series. Akshay married Twinkle Khanna on January 17, 2001. An interesting fact about Akshay is that he is considered to be the most disciplined and fittest actor in the entire film industry. Abstinence from vices, a rigorous workout regime and the habit of devoting a part of his day to his family have what made Akshay the man that he is today. In more than two decades of his Bollywood career, Akshay has proved his acting talent in more than a hundred movies and has been admired in every genre. His role in the recent movie 'Airlift' was praised by all. Beside, he gained tremendous popularity in the TV reality stunt show 'Fear Factor: KhatronKeKhiladi'. With prestigious awarda like the Padma Shri and the Rajiv Gandhi Award, two successful production companies and outstanding achievements in social work, Akshay Kumar is one of the highest paid actors in the world, a global icon and an inspiration to many. Answer the following. Q1. What do you mean by self- worth? Q2. What do failures teach us? Q3. Name five famous people who achieved fame and success after a lot of struggle and failures. Q4. Did Akshay Kumar face struggle? Give reasons. Q5. What is an interesting fact about Akshay Kumar?