The book and purposeful practice remind me another real story:
Many people, most notably Sir Joseph Swan, had tried to invent an electric light using an incandescent filament, or wire, enclosed in aglassbulb, but not had been able to create a flament that could withstand intense heat over long enough periods of timeto be practical. Even Edison had tough time of it, going through a long , trial-and-error process in which he tested tousands of meterials. Undounted by failures, Edison finally found that ascorched cotton thread would work best.When heated in avacuum, it produced a while glow without melting , evaporating, or breaking. Although Swan came up with asimilar light bulb around the same time, Edison patented his idea....
The story goes that Edoson failed more than 1000 times when trying to create the light bulb. When asked about it, Edison allegedly said," I have not failed 1000 times.I have successfully discovered 1000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."
The subtle portrayed of Thomas Edison to illustrate the comment of this book is well found. Especially, the historic saying of Edison about success and failure. What I understand by this comment is the way you try to look at things; pessimistic or optimistic.
YanıtlaSilof course that talent is very important for success, but if we don't practise and exercise, if we dont invest and contribute in that talent that we have, we will never succeed.
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