Though he was often ridiculed, Thomas Edison made over ten thousand attempts before finally demonstrating the world’s first working light bulb 1879. Asked by a reporter, “How did it feel to fail 10,000 times?” Edison simply replied, “I didn’t fail 10,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 10,000 steps.”
Thomas Edison invented the long-lasting light bulb, the phonograph and the motion picture camera through extensive trial and error.
Other quotes attributed to Edison on his try, try again mindset include:
“Success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.”
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
Using the principles in my eBook, Cybernetic Transposition, you can learn to successfully invent with a fraction of that Edison effort.