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In many project management offices, the term \u201csmart failure\u201d is shunned. It\u2019s not smart to be associated with any project or initiative with even a hint of failure. Thomas Edison begs to differ:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On progressive elaboration, iterative development, and lessons learnt:
\u2022 Results! Why, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work.
\u2022 Never get discouraged if you fail. Learn from it. Keep trying.
\u2022 Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
\u2022 Nearly every [person] who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged.
\u2022 When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In many project management offices, the term \u201csmart failure\u201d is shunned. It\u2019s not smart to be associated with any project or initiative with even a hint of failure. Thomas Edison begs to differ: On progressive elaboration, iterative development, and lessons learnt:\u2022 Results! Why, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[32],"yoast_head":"\nHow many failures before Edison gets fired today? | Project Manager Coach<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In many project management offices, \u201csmart failure\u201d is shunned. 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