Comments on: Errors http://jim1537.com/blog/errors/ Practical Guidance for the Inner You Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:16:53 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dorothy http://jim1537.com/blog/errors/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Dorothy Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:31:22 +0000 http://jim1537.com/blog/errors/#comment-51 <p>Thomas Edison is known to have been a firm believer in the importance of failure. While inventing the battery, after 50,000 failed tests - he retorted to a discouraged comment from his assistant - "You must be pretty downhearted with the lack of progress" with a "Downhearted? We've made a lot of progress. At least we know 50,000 things that won't work!"<br /> Thomas Edison eventually did succeed with his invention - the nickel-iron alkaline battery, that is still used today. </p> <p>The foundation of his success was built on failure!!!</p> <p>Reference:Biography of Thomas Edison at http://www.homeschoollearning.com/units/unit_09-06-01.shtml </p> Thomas Edison is known to have been a firm believer in the importance of failure. While inventing the battery, after 50,000 failed tests – he retorted to a discouraged comment from his assistant – “You must be pretty downhearted with the lack of progress” with a “Downhearted? We’ve made a lot of progress. At least we know 50,000 things that won’t work!”
Thomas Edison eventually did succeed with his invention – the nickel-iron alkaline battery, that is still used today.

The foundation of his success was built on failure!!!

Reference:Biography of Thomas Edison at http://www.homeschoollearning.com/units/unit_09-06-01.shtml

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