Patience, Persistence and Perspiration

    It's impossible to discuss work without weaving attitude into the subject.  Thomas Edison is a classic example of how attitude relates to work. While being questioned by a young reporter about an invention he had been working on for a long time, he revealed one of  the secrets of his greatness. The young reporter asked,"Mr. Edison, how does it feel to have failed 10,000 times in your present venture?" Edison replied,"Young man, since you are just getting started in life, I will give you a thought  that  should benefit you in the future. I have not failed anything 10,000 times. I have successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work."

     Edison estimated that he actually performed over 14,000 experiments in the process of inventing and perfecting the incandescent light. He successfully found a lot of ways that wouldn't work, but he kept at it until he found one way that would. He proved that the only difference between the big shot and the little shot is the big shot is simply a little shot who kept shooting.