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Highest Productivity Comes From Working Smart Along With Working Hard

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty 0575737

Thomas Edison is a character in history I have always admired. Not just because he was a genius inventor but where that stemmed from, a "great mind." My favorite about him was his "tireless persistence" in coming up with the material for the filament to get that darn light bulb invention of his not to burn out so fast. Do you realize how hard that was? Yes he did put in the "hard work" to find tungsten eventually but he also worked SMART, knowing what that solution eventually would look like, how it would perform. Working SMART in our lives means shooting for the "optimum" not just "a solution". It led Thomas Edison to this quote in your search for the BEST solution in everything you do:

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't."

It stresses the working smart. We do readily figure out life is not as easy to get through with all its problems, valleys, pits and potholes that just seem to come out of nowhere for us. BUT the point I am making we do not have to WALLOW in the potholes but find ways to get around them, over them, through them, SOONER rather than LATER. Remember Thomas Edison's thought combining persistence with the BEST, and you too will burn brightly ON and ON and ON. Almost a miracle now that was never there till you found it with your smart self.

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Lisa Friedman
Great American Dream Realty - Essex, VT
35 Years of Real Estate Experience!

Gary, you know my motto - Work hard, do your best, and never give up. I grew up about a fifteen minute drive from Thomas Edison's home.

Jan 26, 2014 02:50 AM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Good afternoon Gary,

You are so ingenious! Love your graph..great way to be persistent and overcome those potholes! Working smarter does hand in hand with working harde. Thanks for you illustrations today!

Jan 26, 2014 04:07 AM
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

The quickest way is a straight line.

Not always possible but if we are smart we can pass over some of the valley's.

Jan 26, 2014 05:31 AM
Mara Hawks
First Realty Auburn - Auburn, AL
Inactive-2012 REALTOR - Homes for Sale Auburn Real Estate, AL

A good suspension system is helpful! Or some "clown" wisdom...getting up is a big part of knowing how to fall. Great post and point, Gary!

Jan 26, 2014 06:15 AM