Tips for Success
Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most famous and hard-working inventors in history. When he died in 1931 he held 1093 patents in his name (though a lot of his inventions were collaborations). Some of his most used inventions are of course the light bulb and the gramophone. He also did quite a bit work to improve x-ray machines for while (until he almost lost his own eye-sight and an assistant died due to radiation poisoning). And he had a AC/DC-current war with the odd and fascinating inventor Nikola Tesla. Here are a few of my favourite tips from Edison. They are all about success. And what kind of work and mindset achieving such a thing may require. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” One of the problems in life is that people just give up too soon. I think quite a big bit of this because of social programming and the expectations set by society. It’s seen as pretty ...