A positive attitude is every bit as important to success as talent. It's important, too, to remember that optimism - like actions - speaks louder than words. many enormously successful people have bent over backwards to appear prudent- belittling even themselves or their own achievements - without ever slowing down in their pursuit of excellence. Let me give you some examples.
The great inventor said: "The phonograph is not of any commercial value," and "the radio craze will die out in time." The speaker was Thomas Edison.
In 1946, a prominent man said: "Video won't hold any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at the plywood box every night." That was Darryl F. Zamuck, then head of 20th Century Fox.
Describing the telephone, the president of the United States, Rutherford B Hayes, said: "That's an amazing invention. But who would ever want to use one of them?"
And finally, what may be the best of all is this one: "Everything that can be invented has been invented. "That genius was the commissioner of the United State Patent Office, speaking in 1899.
-Christopher Notes
The great inventor said: "The phonograph is not of any commercial value," and "the radio craze will die out in time." The speaker was Thomas Edison.
In 1946, a prominent man said: "Video won't hold any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at the plywood box every night." That was Darryl F. Zamuck, then head of 20th Century Fox.
Describing the telephone, the president of the United States, Rutherford B Hayes, said: "That's an amazing invention. But who would ever want to use one of them?"
And finally, what may be the best of all is this one: "Everything that can be invented has been invented. "That genius was the commissioner of the United State Patent Office, speaking in 1899.
-Christopher Notes
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