Edison and the Power of Persistence

Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb because he woke up one morning with a brilliant

idea. He did it because gas lamps were literally killing people. Cities in the 1870s

reeked of gas fumes, houses exploded from leaks, and fires were constant. Edison saw a market

worth millions and a problem worth solving. But here's what most people don't

know about his journey. Edison had almost no formal education. He was partially deaf from a childhood

illness. Society said he'd amount to nothing. Yet he had one advantage that changed everything.

His mother believed in him when nobody else did. She pulled him out of school and taught

him herself, nurturing his obsessive curiosity instead of crushing it. When Edison started