Winning Words 1/24/11
“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are hard work, stick-to-itiveness and common sense.” (TAE) A few years ago I saw the railroad station where Edison worked as a newsboy. He only had a few months of formal education, but he did a lot of reading. He left home at age 16, and began inventing things in his early 20s. He became a success, because he followed his own advice. ;-) Jack

FROM PRJS: How does one define the term "common sense"? I think it is one of the most ambiguous terms around. FROM JACK: Many things in life are ambiguous. Do you remember the judge who was asked to make a decision on what is pornography? He said: "I know it, when I see it." I think it's common sense that most of us know common sense when we see it.

FROM HAWKEYE GEORGE: You're up a little earlier than usual today. Probably thinking about TAE. For many years I avg'd 70 hours/week - that is a chief reason my company survived. FROM JACK: I read somewhere that Edison slept less than five hours a day. You say that you averaged 70 hours a week. Was that sleep or work?

FROM CWR IN B'MORE: ....amen.....I would add that sometimes it's wise to make course corrections along the way....... FROM JACK: You're right! Anyone who's been successful has had to make some course adjustments. Life isn't always smooth sailing.

FROM IE IN MICHIGAN: You have to add 2 more requirements: Talent & Passion.. FROM JACK: Edison's buried at his Glenmont Eastate in New Jersey, if you want to go and talk it over with him.

FROM MO IN ILLINOIS: It's hard to see how those three essentials could go wrong: especially stick-to-it-ness! I think our older generation has had better "sticking" power than the succeeding ones They seem to want "instant" everything. But new things keep getting invented and improved, so guess they are doing something right!! FROM JACK: I seem to remember hearing some from the generation before ours make the same comments about us.

FROM MOLINER CF: Who can argue with a guy who lighted up our lives? FROM JACK: ....and also made it possible to send out Winning Words (including his).

FROM SG IN TAMPA: These WW remind me of Abraham Lincoln, too. FROM JACK: That reminds me--
speaking of Lincoln-- How many pictures of Lincoln are on a penny?

FROM GUSTIE MARLYS: Kind of makes me sick when I hear about kids not getting the education that is their "right". They threw chairs at M.J. when he was subbing in the Detroit schools. It is not education that they were looking for. There are too many of them fighting it all the way--and pouring $$$ into it will not fix the problem. They have to WANT to learn! FROM JACK: Do you have any suggestions?