Visionaries | Thomas Edison

The Visionary Chronicles Podcast CHRONICLE: February 22nd, 2023 <p>“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” – Thomas Edison</p> <p><a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/40VbLzYVsQgjYOXjtDqEeU'></a></p> Visionaries | Thomas Edison <p>There are many great quotes on failure and the barriers you must overcome to succeed, but few resonate from such great leaders, the Visionaries.</p> <p>Not a one-hit wonder but a generational success; luck is usually not part of the formula, just hard work, knowledge, and persistence.</p> <p>Only a few true Visionaries have graced our planet, and even fewer today than in the past. These Visionaries, Rockefeller, Carnegie, JP Morgan, Ford, Einstein, Edison, and Jobs, contributed significantly to our way of life today.</p> <p>Having discussed a few, I would like to discuss the greatest inventor of all time, Thomas Edison. Think of our world without music, voice communication, movies, or light. Yet, only a few know that Edison was also the father of the innovation process through teamwork.</p> <p>Edison invented life-altering products like electric power, voice communications, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions included the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, and each has had a lasting impact on our world!</p> <p>He established his first laboratory facility in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where many of his early inventions were developed. Over his desk Edison displayed a placard with Sir Joshua Reynold's  quotation: "There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking." This is an awesome quote, and when you are looking for continual inspiration, it is best to have one which reflects what the average person aspires to achieve and never realizes, versus those who have impacted our world, the Visionaries. I am always curious as to what, or who inspired these great Visionaries, and finding a quote such as this provides some insight.</p> <p>Throughout his life, Edison did not always