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Quote by Thomas A. Edison

“If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”

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Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and entrepreneur, known as the 'Wizard of Menlo Park' and the 'Inventor of the Age.' He held over 1,000 patents, including the light bulb, phonograph, motion picture camera, and electrical power system. Edison made significant contributions to the fields of electricity, chemistry, and mechanical engineering, profoundly impacting modern industrial and technological development. more

“We often think that there is just one way to look at things - the way we always have. In fact, there are an infinite number of ways to look at most everything. An open mind allows for a multitude of perspectives from which to choose in any given moment. That suppleness of mind allows for true choice, and opens us to a whole new realm of possibility.”

Possibility Perspective Choice Open Mind Supple Mind

Book:The Nature of Things - Navigating Everyday Life with Grace

Source: The Nature of Things - Navigating Everyday Life with Grace

“As long as you’re trying to be someone else, or putting on some act or behavior someone else taught you, you have no possibility of truly reaching people. The most valuable thing you have to give people is yourself. No matter what you think you’re selling, what you’re really offering is you.” (p.92)”

Possibility Selling Reaching People

Book:The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea

Source: The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea

“Look at all the life in this," she said. "Every pip could become a tree, and every tree could bear another hundred fruits and every fruit could bear another hundred trees. And so on to infinity." I picked the picks from my tongue with my fingers. "Just imagine," she said. "If every seed grew, there'd be no room in the world for anything but pomegranate trees.”

Life Nature Possibility Infinite Fruit Cycle Pomegranate

Book:Skellig

Source: Skellig

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