GREATNESS IS NOT ORIGINAL
"I start where
the last man left off."
- Thomas Edison
(1847-1931)
Inventor/Businessman
Some of the greatest inventions and most profitable ones are
not new, first of their kind things, but rather they are improvements on things
that already are around. Many are
commonly used in our lives every day and someone thought of a way to make them
better. Example is the cell phone. Thirty years ago, cell phones were very
limited. They could make and receive
call and that was about it. Today, your
cell phone can do everything but tie your shoes (since someone also improved
Velcro that isn't needed anyway). Did
you know that your cell phone has more computer capability in it than they had
for the first moon landing? Yes, in your
phone! That phone will also be behind
the curve in only a few months. That is
how fast the technology is changing.
Many,
otherwise successful ideas have been put on the shelf for no reason other than
they have been done before. Some people
think that if they do not have an original idea or thought then it is no
good. That is nonsense. For one, there really is not an original
idea. Most everything has been thought
of at some time. They may not have been
acted on or put into use, but they have been thought of to some degree. A success-minded person is always listening
and looking for new and exciting ideas all around them. Mark Twain was once asked by a reporter how
he came up with his original story ideas, to which Mr. Twain replied, "I
have never had an original idea in my life." That is true for us all. Most of what you know you have learned from
someone else.
What
you can do that has not been done is to give that idea life and to make it
happen. All around you are wonderful
tools that make life better for us all.
Ask yourself, how can I make it even better? What is not happening that can happen? Remember, impossible is only a state of
mind. Never, never, never think that
something cannot be done. You just have
not yet discovered how it can be done - but
it can be done.
Success-minded
people are possibility thinkers. To
them, everything is possible. What
scares the unsuccessful is that to find out how it can be done will take work,
lots and lots of hard work. Henry Ford
said, "Most people miss opportunities because it dresses in work clothes
and looks like work." No one said
that discovering something new will be easy.
Discovery has always been hard and labor intensive, but the rewards have
also been grand and glorious.
To discover how you can achieve the dream you have believed was
impossible for too long, read On The
Journey To Achievement by John Patrick Hickey. You can get a signed copy for yourself and
get one for a friend, by going to http://www.johnpatrickhickey.com/it-is-good-to-set-goals-better-to-achieve-then/. Now available on Kindle, Oops! Did I Really Post That? Online
Etiquette in the Digital Age by John Patrick Hickey.
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