Do you have a favourite inventor? I do and it's Thomas Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb.
How about a second favourite inventor? How about Archimedes, you know, the maker of the Archimedes screw for drawing water up from ditches to irrigation canals.
The great thing I like about the stories about Edison is that he was accustomed to failure. But he didn't quit. "Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10, 000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed." - Thomas Edison.
Failure is normal, and haven't we all failed. I know I have, whether it be failed tests, failed relationships, failed dreams, or failing to clean up my apartment. I am working on the apartment thing...really I am.
I am reading a book called, "The Art of Rejection" by Hayley DiMarco and Michael DiMarco. They use Edison as an example and his invention of the lightbulb, and maybe that is why I like the book so much.
Every undesirable result brings me one step closer to finding the answer. One day I will invent the lightbulb.
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