Custom Search
SUBSCRIBE THROUGH E-MAIL
- Setting up Mushroom Spawn Unit to earn Rs. 30,000/- per month
- Host Unlimited Blogs on WordPress @ $ 4.95 / Month
- BUILD A SITE THAT EARNS….
Popular Posts
-
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT Personality is the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts and interacts with others. Or Personality… -
Positive Leadership: A Philosophy of Life Successful leadership principle: Desire, Decision, Faith, Persistence, the mastermind and or…
-
Importance of Positive Attitude “The greatest discovery of my generation is human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitu…
-
Principles of Success Ø Develop definiteness of Purpose Ø Establish Mastermind Alliance Ø Assemble an attractive Personality Ø Use Appl…
-
SELF CONFIDENCE If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you are right. Self confidence is the inne…
EDISON’S FORMULA FOR SUCCESS
EDISON’S FORMULA FOR SUCCESS
You have probably heard of the
Microsoft interview and the question they ask perspective employees there (how
would you move to mount Fuji ?). We all have our own stories to tell about weird
questions at job interview. But have you heard about how Thomas Alva Edison interviewed people who wanted to work
with him ? That’s
an interesting story there!
After the initial round of questions,
if Edison came across a bright candidate, he would take him out to dinner
before making up his mind on whether to hire him. The interview would continue
over dinner, and when the food arrived, Edison would take a bite and remark, ‘I
think this needs more salt!’ And he would watch the candidate.
If the candidate added salt before
tasting the food he would not be hired. However, if the candidate tasted the
food first and then decided if salt needed to be added, Edison would hire him.
Edison knew that people who easily believed what other people had to say, or
made assumptions without first handed knowledge or experience, would not be
able to look afresh at problems and find innovative solutions. They would have
closed minds, he reckoned. Edison was looking for people with a mind of their
own and the conviction to back it.
We all know people whose potential and
dreams remained unrealized because they did not have the conviction to back
their instincts. They chose a line of study or a career simply because someone
else said it was best for them. They did not chase their passion just because someone
said it was doomed, it would not work. In many cases, they give up even without
trying, assuming they couldn‘t be done. We all have great ideas but not all of
us have gone on to work on them and make them come to life. Only to discover
later that someone else did exactly what we’d had in mind and found great success.
Do your own
things. Make mistakes. Live on the edge. Chase your dreams. Don’t just go by
what other people tell you. That may be safe but it’s unlikely to get you the
success you deserve.
Go for it, And yes, don’t blindly add the salt.
NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER, NEVER…
It was the 1870s. Somewhere in a
workshop in new jersey, Thomas Alva Edison was burning the midnight oil trying
to invent the light bulb.
He tried numerous experiments – all without
success. He just could not get it right. His failures become the talk of the
town and story goes that after he had failed thousand times, a journalist interviewed him
and asked, ‘Mr. Edison, how does it feel
to have failed thousand times ? Why don’t you just give up ?
‘No, no young lady,’ replied
Edison. ‘I have just discovered one thousand ways it would not work. I am so much closer
now to finding a way that will work !’
Sure enough, in 1879, Edison invented
the filament light bulb, an invention that changed the world. By the time he
died, the man who had failed thousands times had got 1024 patents to his
credit, and founded the iconic General Electric Company. But Edison’s
real contribution to mankind went beyond all this. He showed us the power of perseverance, the virtue of
learning from failures and the magic of never giving up.
From : ‘The Secret of Leadership’ by Prakash Iyer
From : ‘The Secret of Leadership’ by Prakash Iyer
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
VERY INSPIRING STORIES
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU
very inspiring stories helpful
ReplyDeletethank you
I want to develop my personality skills
ReplyDelete