In 1887, on August 31st, Thomas Edison made history! He received a patent for his “Kinetoscope” and moving pictures were born!

The life of Edison is an incredible story. He had numerous patents on all sorts of inventions.

He is quoted as saying: To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk”.

Well he was a master at turning a “pile of junk” into something that would change society for ever.

He was a genius, yet not in his eyes. At least not the way we would define genius.

Edison defines genius saying: Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

He would not give up:

A what point would you have given up? After the 10th try? Perhaps you would keep going until you had tried 100 times?

He saw every “failure” as a success:

Where you and I may come to a place of frustration because all we see are failures and no results,

Edison saw EVERY failure as a result. Therefore every “failure” in his eyes was a success. He had successfully discovered something that did not work! He was focused on success!

Edison was not afraid of hard work.

So many people do miss opportunities because they are looking for an easy solution. Most truly successful people will tell you that there is no easy solution.

So to sum up: Three keys to Thomas Edison’s success:
1. He would not give up. He was relentless in his pursuit of success.
2. He was so focused on success that even “failure” looked like success to him.
3. He was not afraid of hard work. Hard work is a PART of the process and journey.

Are you relentless in your pursuit of success in your life today?