There’s an interesting fact to note. Thomas Edison’s 164th birthday was February 11. Edison, along with Greg Ohm, Michael Faraday, and many others are responsible for the development of the electrical engineering field. Had Edison been alive today, I’m sure he most likely would be thrilled by how some of his almost 1500 patents have evolved.
Even though Edison is widely known for his invention of the incandescent light bulb, which is different from the first light bulb invented 50 years earlier, there are many other inventions by Edision that have evolved with the help of electrical engineers into modern day devices. The phonograph, which is a record player and one of Edison’s inventions, helped in the development of music players. Today the phonograph music player has evolved into Ipods and MP3 players. Another one of Edison’s inventions was the kinetiscope which was an early motion picture player. Like the phonograph, the kinetiscope has developed and evolved to form today’s Blue-Ray and DVD players.
Despite all of the success Edison had, he also had several failures. Fortunately Edison did not let failure get to him which ultimately led to his overall success as an inventor. So for Thomas Edison’s birthday remember someone who learned to conquer failure and rise above it. Everyone is going to fail at least once in their life. The true test of your character is how well you overcome failure.
In the words of Thomas Edison,
“I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.”
and
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work"
Fight the Good Fight
Ya Boy Archie Wright!
