The Japanese General Nabunaga decided to attack even though he had only one soldier to the enemy's ten. He was sure he would win but his soldiers were full of fear.
On the way to the battlefield they stopped at a Shinto shrine. Nabunaga said to his army, "I shall now toss a coin. If it is heads, we shall win. If tails, we lose. Destiny will now reveal itself." He tossed the coin. It was heads.
The soldiers were so keyed up for the fight that they wiped out the enemy. Next day an aide said to Nabunaga, "No one can change destiny."
"Right," replied the General, showing him a coin that had heads on both sides.
How much do you believe in yourself?
Who decides your destiny?
~Taken from "How full is your cup?: 64 stories that can transform the way you look at life" by J M Sampath~
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