Help them understand that their setback is minor. Explain the story of Thomas Edison when he lost his laboratory due to fire and help them realize their set back is small in comparison. Help them understand that focusing on the negative will cause them to lose site of the positive. A huge fire destroyed over half the buildings in Thomas Edison’s West Orange Laboratory on December 9, 1914 after there was an explosion in the film inspection building. Damages reached somewhere in the vicinity of seven million dollars, while only two million was covered by insurance, according to The New York Times article.
Edison vowed that even though he was over 67 years old he would start all over again the next day.
And he did!
The next day all 7,000 employees reported for duty and cleanup work at the devastated site began.
Help your affiliate to see what Edison went through and that it did not stop him from pushing forward.
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Help them understand that their setback is minor. Explain the story of Thomas Edison when he lost his laboratory due to fire and help them realize their set back is small in comparison. Help them understand that focusing on the negative will cause them to lose site of the positive. A huge fire destroyed over half the buildings in Thomas Edison’s West Orange Laboratory on December 9, 1914 after there was an explosion in the film inspection building. Damages reached somewhere in the vicinity of ...more
