Thomas Edison: Perseverance And Passion For A Successful Life

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What made Thomas Edison to be so persistent and passionate that he did not surrender to more than 10000 fail experiments? People might attribute his invention to his talent or intelligence; suppose he was congenitally talented, will there be filament without those experiments? As conventional wisdom, talent and intelligence are the important factors for success, but, in fact, success does not always rely on these factors. The far better an ingredient for a successful life is grit. Grit is “perseverance and passion for long-term goal” (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews & Kelly, 2007). Carol Dweck (1998) expressed that “Mindset” supportively underpins the way of building grit; she states that praise should be given on the efforts rather than paying

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