The Inventor Who Failed 1,000 Times and Changed Everything ( https://smartguy.com/ ) Imagine being told you're not smart enough.Imagine being fired, told you’d never succeed, and watching your ideas fail—over and over again. Most people would quit. Thomas Edison didn’t. He was called slow, difficult, and even unteachable as a kid. But he became one of the most prolific inventors in history—holding over 1,000 patents and lighting up the world, quite literally. If you’re a young person today wondering what it takes to succeed—especially when life feels hard, when failure stacks up, or when no one believes in you—Edison is proof that persistence beats perfection.