Yes, it’s OK it took me 5,127 attempts to make a bagless vacuum

A reporter asked him - ‘Mr. Edison, is it true that you failed in your first 1,000 attempts to invent the light bulb? ‘Young man, I did not fail 1,000 times. I have discovered and documented 1,000 ways on how-not-to-make-a-light bulb! I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.’ Many years later, when James

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One area where I think we are especially distinctive is failure. I believe we are the best place in the world to fail (we have plenty of practice!), and failure and invention are inseparable twins. To invent you have to experiment, and if you know in advance that it’s going to work, it’s not an experiment. Most large organizations embrace the idea ... See more