Today we can hardly do things, personal or business, without electricity. Nor can we enjoy the city’s nightlife without electric light. But the electric light and the central electric distribution system, which now powers our devices at home, such as TV, CD players, water heater, Radio, GSM phones, were the vision of a certain inventor, Thomas Edison, several years ago.
Edison’s genius gave us an entire new world through his inventions which included the cinema, the microphone, audio and music players, the electric light, electric motor, electric generators etc. Edison patented over 1000 inventions in his life. Thomas Edison changed the world, becoming a multi-millionaire in the process.
But what is most important is not that Edison was a prolific inventor and a very successful entrepreneur. What is most important is that he had numerous limitations, which he deliberately strived to overcome. They are as follows:
He came from very poor background, to that extent that his parents could only afford to send him to school after he was well over 7 years.
He was sent out of school on the basis that he had learning disability.
His very poor parents and his family largely depended on his meagre earning from sales of newspapers as a boy of 11 years,
He was handicapped by partial deafness – he had to communicate with his wife by tapping Morse codes with the fingers.
He had only 3 months of formal education, after which he only learnt how to read and write from his mother.
He did not have money to execute his inventions, and had to go in and out of debts in order to try out his inventions.
At a time he roamed the streets of Boston without a job and without a living apartment.
At age 67 his legendary research laboratory, Menlo Parks, was burnt down by fire and he had to start life all over again.
He actually failed 10000 times before he succeeded in inventing the electric light!
Thomas Edison, above all odds, excelled. He attained fame and great wealth. By the time he died the whole of America observed a minute of silence, in respect of his immense contribution to humanity.
So, there is really nothing to stop you from being all you want to be. The only thing that can stop you is you.
Edison’s genius gave us an entire new world through his inventions which included the cinema, the microphone, audio and music players, the electric light, electric motor, electric generators etc. Edison patented over 1000 inventions in his life. Thomas Edison changed the world, becoming a multi-millionaire in the process.
But what is most important is not that Edison was a prolific inventor and a very successful entrepreneur. What is most important is that he had numerous limitations, which he deliberately strived to overcome. They are as follows:
He came from very poor background, to that extent that his parents could only afford to send him to school after he was well over 7 years.
He was sent out of school on the basis that he had learning disability.
His very poor parents and his family largely depended on his meagre earning from sales of newspapers as a boy of 11 years,
He was handicapped by partial deafness – he had to communicate with his wife by tapping Morse codes with the fingers.
He had only 3 months of formal education, after which he only learnt how to read and write from his mother.
He did not have money to execute his inventions, and had to go in and out of debts in order to try out his inventions.
At a time he roamed the streets of Boston without a job and without a living apartment.
At age 67 his legendary research laboratory, Menlo Parks, was burnt down by fire and he had to start life all over again.
He actually failed 10000 times before he succeeded in inventing the electric light!
Thomas Edison, above all odds, excelled. He attained fame and great wealth. By the time he died the whole of America observed a minute of silence, in respect of his immense contribution to humanity.
So, there is really nothing to stop you from being all you want to be. The only thing that can stop you is you.
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