Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

 

Success Stories Of Great People And Inspiring Leaders

Thomas Alva Edison is one of America’s most famous inventors.

Edison saw huge change take place in his lifetime. He was responsible for making many of those changes occur.

(c) wikicommons.org, Louis Bachrach, Bachrach Studios, restored by Michel Vuijlsteke
(c) wikicommons.org, Louis Bachrach, Bachrach Studios, restored by Michel Vuijlsteke

His inventions created and contributed to modern night lights, movies, telephones, records and CDs. Edison was truly a genius.

His secret sauce to success was: mastery in failing over and over again. Until he finally figured things out.

 

Edison is most famous for his development of the first electric light bulb.

When Edison was born, electricity had not been developed. By the time he died, entire cities were lit by electricity.

Much of the credit for electricity goes to Edison.

(c) Richard Warren Lipack, wikimedia.org
(c) Richard Warren Lipack, wikimedia.org

Some of his inventions were improvements on other inventions, like the telephone.

Some of his inventions he deliberately tried to invent, like the light bulb and the movie projector.

But some inventions he stumbled upon, like the phonograph. Of all his inventions, Edison was most proud of the phonograph.

 

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize
how close they were to success when they gave up.

 

Edison invented and improved upon things that transformed our world.

Some things he invented by himself. Some things he invented with other people.

Acoustics: an Edison wax cylinder recorder. Wood engraving. (c) wikimedia.org, Wellcome Images
Acoustics: an Edison wax cylinder recorder. Wood engraving. (c) wikimedia.org, Wellcome Images

Just about all his inventions are things we still use in some form today. Throughout his life, Edison tried to invent things that everyone could use.
Edison created the world’s first “invention factory”.

He and his partners invented, built and shipped the product – all in the same complex. This was a new way to do business.

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

 

Today many businesses have copied Edison’s invention factory design.
A business friend once asked Edison about the secret to his success.

Edison replied, “Genius is hard work, stick-to-itiveness, and common sense”.

But his “common sense” was very uncommon.

More patents were issued to Edison than have been issued to any other single person in U.S. history: 1,093.

 

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