Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Rejection - Louis

Never give up - Something Thomas Edison said to an interviewer after inventing the lightbulb. If you thought Jack Andraka is amazing, think of this guy, taking over 10000 attempts before it worked. Im not going to be basing my post on Jack Andraka, instead, Thomas Edison.

He seemed outrageously persistent, so much so that he actually continued so many times after the light bulb constantly blew up in his face. Maybe not so confident, as a pose to Jack Andraka, who had to tell people about his invention. He had incredible willpower to continue after all that, just like Jack Andraka. If he were not to make the lightbulb, we wouldve been using candles for a much longer time, until someone else made it (which may not be anythong the same).

I've never really noticed myself getting rejected for things. I have been rejected many times, but none so vivid as to stop me from continuing. If I was Thomas Edison, I probably would've given up very early, around the 3rd-5th try. I have found it was hard to accept, getting annoyed that it happened. I never really fought back though, just accepting it. More people who dont give up is always a good thing, and if our world was full of people like that, we would be much better off.

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