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Awesome...I really do like Edison. I visited the Edison musuem for my birthday as a gift to myself last year...I hadnt been there since a trip we took there once when I was a little girl, and the one thing I remembered was how inspired I was, and I felt it again this time too. His way of looking at what we all call failure, as just another stepping stone to success is something that I really do try to keep in mind and apply to my life.
On another note, he was a pretty hilarious guy....work hard, play hard, do not mix business with pleasure are also things that he believed in. With some of the stories I heard about life in the Edison household, I can only imagine how his wife Martha put up with his antics :D
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In reality, Edison's 'genius' lied in plagiarism, marketing, and making the political / financial connections required to facilitate successful plagiarism and marketing !
If you're interested in true genius, check out Edison's contemporary, Nikola Tesla !
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when melonie is on, she is really fucking on.
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Yeah I think this article is less about who said what & more of how important this info is to us as entrepreneurs and business owners. (I just copied & pasted the article.)
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Melonie
In reality, Edison's 'genius' lied in plagiarism, marketing, and making the political / financial connections required to facilitate successful plagiarism and marketing !
If you're interested in true genius, check out Edison's contemporary, Nikola Tesla !
Hahahahahahahahaha! So true. Edison played dirty... and I mean diiiirrrrrrrrrrttttyyyy! Oh man that guy was super sly.
"Indeed, Edison had previously asked Tesla to improve his electrical power stations with $50,000 ($1 million in 2006 US dollar, Tesla’s wages were just $18 a week back then) as a reward. After Tesla delivered, Edison reneged on his offer."
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BlkSharpie
Awesome...I really do like Edison. I visited the Edison musuem for my birthday as a gift to myself last year...I hadnt been there since a trip we took there once when I was a little girl, and the one thing I remembered was how inspired I was, and I felt it again this time too. His way of looking at what we all call failure, as just another stepping stone to success is something that I really do try to keep in mind and apply to my life.
On another note, he was a pretty hilarious guy....work hard, play hard, do not mix business with pleasure are also things that he believed in. With some of the stories I heard about life in the Edison household, I can only imagine how his wife Martha put up with his antics :D
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Hehehe! Yup! To be honest, I think business men, politicians, anyone with a passion to get what they want on that level are willing to be dirty to get there. (Sorry that sentence is so confuddled...Im still just waking up lol!) But just because he wasnt pure of heart mind and soul, doesnt negate the stuff that was listed here. Besides that, the guy was all kinds of crazy...like really! LoL So the point isnt to emulate his life, but that I did learn some things that I can use.
And yeah, his house and museum are just plain cool :D
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Melonie
In reality, Edison's 'genius' lied in plagiarism, marketing, and making the political / financial connections required to facilitate successful plagiarism and marketing !
If you're interested in true genius, check out Edison's contemporary, Nikola Tesla !
Tesla is my favorite scientist. I even celebrate his birthday; is on July 10th.
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Didn't Marconi screw over Tesla too by patenting wireless radio?
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TIL Edison liked to promise sex in the champagne room and then, like a true OP, did not deliver.
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TIL Edison liked to promise sex in the champagne room and then, like a true OP, did not deliver.
I spend to much time on Foooooooooore chan. I got it right away.
Thanks Anon! +1 internets
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