My Pondering
Thomas Edison, inventor of the incandescent lightbulb and developer of AC electricity, proclaimed he (and his team) tries 9,999 to make the light bulb work then on the 10,000th time it did.
“I have not failed.
Thomas Edison
I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
Actually, his records showed 2,774 times. He changed the numbers several times over the years; but this version is the most well-known. I suppose he also enjoyed fishing.
Thomas Edison didn’t fail 9,999 times. He simply worked through 9,999 things that didn’t resolve his problems until he finally found the one thing that did and became a WINNER.
Thomas Edison had lots of WIT…Whatever It Takes mindset so instead of being known as another Doubting Thomas he became Inventor Thomas, one of the world’s greatest.
The 9,999 things we have done wrong now become our lessons that finally lead us to the one recipe that works. Then we just need rinse and repeat.