The Obstacle Is The Way
Edison failed about 1,000 times while he was working on the light bulb.
As if that was not enough, at around 5:30 in the evening on December 10, 1914, there was a huge fire in Edison's factory in New Jersey which was worth $919,788 (about $23 million in today's dollars).
As he watched the fire destroy his work and, Edison said to his son; Charles Edison, "It's all right. We've just got rid of a lot of rubbish."
In an interview to The New York Times, Edison said, "Although I am over 67 years old, I'll start all over again tomorrow."
He immediately began rebuilding the next morning. After just three weeks, Edison’s factory started running again.
Edison and his team went on to make almost $10 million in revenue the next year.
PS:
Great achievers face failures with courage and bounce back.
Success is not final: failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill
Be Inspired
As if that was not enough, at around 5:30 in the evening on December 10, 1914, there was a huge fire in Edison's factory in New Jersey which was worth $919,788 (about $23 million in today's dollars).
As he watched the fire destroy his work and, Edison said to his son; Charles Edison, "It's all right. We've just got rid of a lot of rubbish."
In an interview to The New York Times, Edison said, "Although I am over 67 years old, I'll start all over again tomorrow."
He immediately began rebuilding the next morning. After just three weeks, Edison’s factory started running again.
Edison and his team went on to make almost $10 million in revenue the next year.
PS:
Great achievers face failures with courage and bounce back.
Success is not final: failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill
Be Inspired
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