Monday, January 6, 2014

The wisdom of Thomas Edison (part 3)


“This problem, once solved, will be simple.”

Edison was an indefatigable experimenter. He didn't mind trying hundreds or thousands of times to solve a problem.

He tried for a long time to find a filament that would work in his concept for a commercially reliable electric light bulb. He once told a reporter "I now know definitively over 9,000 ways that an electric light bulb will not work." After more than 10,000 tries, he was successful with a carbon filament.


Too bad there's no statue of Edison with this inscription:
"He didn't mind failing 10,000 times."

Good attitude. Keep it in mind.





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