By Mauro Libi. Genius is one percent
inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is
often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework." -
Thomas Edison.
The great inventor and businessman, Thomas Edison
Genius is largely the result of hard work, rather than
an inspired flash of insight.
15 Inventions From Thomas Edison That Changed The
World. Born 167 years ago on Feb. 11, 1847, Thomas Edison was an incredibly
successful inventor, scientist, and businessman, accumulating 1,093 patents in
his lifetime.
Thomas Edison is the first of individuals to design
and offer mass production of an invention, simply by using his own invention.
Also, the phonograph as well as other inventions brought financial promise too.
We know of Thomas Edison as the inventor, few however
know how successful he was as a businessman. Many of Edison's inventions are
still being used today. However, it is business side that I wish to focus
on. He followed many of the principles of modern business. One such
concept is business initiative. Initiative is a modern term for the word that
Edison called perspiration.
In simple terms business initiative is the drive, the
desire. A manager that has initiative has a drive to succeed. Such a
manager creates an atmosphere among his employees to also want to do their very
best and constantly improve. Without such an initiative coming from top
management you can get s trickledown effect where employees are there only to
collect a salary. Without such initiative there would be no pride in the work
or product or services that is produced and quality will suffer. Motivation
levels of the staff are higher. A manager who shows much initiative in
attaining results will also encourage his or her staff to do the same.
A company with the proper initiative has a strong
desire to be best in technology. No company on the market will surpass
them in quality nor in technology. Such a company will invest in research
and development and in the education of their employees.
Business initiative creates an aura of positive
thinking and feelings in the company. They have the desire to sell , the hunger
for it and they truly believe in their companies product. As a result their
sakes department will break records in sales of their product. Initiative makes
one feel positive. The drive to do things makes one feel very enterprising and
the staff would feel very happy in their office environment. Being happy means,
better results.
Higher profits can be attained. Initiative to perform
well results in good profits. The staff will perform well. Targets can be
achieved. One must have substantial initiative to achieve targets.
Not to be outdone, that disciple of earnest endeavour
John Ruskin wasn't to be left out. In Notes by Mr Ruskin on His Collection of
Drawings by the late J. M. W. Turner, 1878, he made the observation that:
I know of no genius but the genius of hard work.( By Mauro Libi)
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