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Edison on Innovation

102 Lessons in Creativity for Business and Beyond
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Feb 17, 2011debwalker rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Be Skeptical, Never Cynical: Ruthlessly examine assumptions with a critical eye. Everything is commonplace until people start asking questions. But be cautious of blanket pessimism. Seek to Discover, Not to Reject: A cynic has a knee jerk reaction of discounting new possibilities. A the skeptic takes it all in, with the goal of validating truths and finding new opportunities. An abundance mindset will lead to more useful ideas and innovations. Documents the methods employed by one of the worlds most prolific innovators. Alan Axelrod shows Edison was in many ways an ordinary man whose genius came from employing a set of powerful principles.