Arguably America’s greatest inventor, Thomas Edison had an
extraordinarily positive perception of life that greatly enhanced his
ability as an inventory. When others might have been hopelessly
discouraged after failing thousands of times in an attempt to develop an
electric light, the great Edison simply viewed each unsuccessful
experiment as the elimination of a solution that wouldn’t work, thereby
moving him that much closer to a successful solution.
We could all take a lesson from Edison. Stories abound about inventors
who quit trying and gave up too soon or miners who struck gold just a
few feet beyond where someone else quit digging. There are few obstacles
in life that will not succumb to consistent, sustained, intelligent,
positive action. When you are discouraged after you’ve failed at
something, remember Edison’s 10,000 failures before he arrived at the
solution that forever changed the world.
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