Never Quit
Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged.
Thomas Edison, of
course, is famous for having never quit when things looked impossible.
When inventing the first commercially practical light bulb, he ran thousands
and thousands of experiments before he created a light bulb then would burn for
a long period of time.
Edison didn’t invent
the first light bulb. The incandescent lamp had already been invented.
What he did was create a version that was commercially practical. Cheap enough
to produce and sell en mass, and burned long enough that people would have use
for it.
Again, he tried
thousands and thousands of ideas before he found one that worked. His team of
inventors and assistants certainly got discouraged and doubtful, but not him.
Everyone working with him had the knowledge and ability to create that
same invention, but what it came down to was will and perseverance.
Refusing to quit.
The First Thing
That Stood Out About The Quote Was…
Two things: When
things look impossible, that’s the precise moment that you have to force
yourself to continue forward. That’s the moment where progress
and advancement is made. That ‘wall’ is simply the box or boundaries
that you have lived within.
I admire Edison’s
ability to keep moving forward in the darkness, so to speak. He
was acutely aware that he could not know everything in any specific moment. He
was aware that the only way to learn, grow, and tap his potential was one
step at a time.
You may not be able to see it all at once, but
if you have faith and keep moving forward, it will reveal itself to you.
And The Second
Thing About The Quote…
The other fact is that he didn’t do
it alone. He had a team of inventors and scientist. Most likely they
were brilliant people, like himself. They all were perfectly capable of
eventually creating what he did. It was Edison’s determination and refusal to
quit. His insistence to continue moving forward even though he
had no idea how far he would have to walk in the dark.
It is that
persistence & stubbornness which differentiated Edison from others.
