The Example of Edwin. C. Barnes

In the book, ‘Think and Grow Rich’ author Napoleon Hill writes about the assistant of Thomas Edison, Edwin C. Barnes in reference to ‘thoughts becoming things’. Edwin C. Barnes had a burning desire to work alongside Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison was a great inventor with obvious skills but Mr. Barnes had an idea which prompted a desire to partner with Mr Edison.

That partnership was sought after with a focused determination by Mr. Barnes, both men eventually partnered and saw both men achieving apart from great riches also being well known and respected.

The author in his book used this story to illustrate how thoughts become things but there is a most powerful lesson inherent that can be missed. The importance of matching, collaborating or partnering with people and entities having complementary strengths. Thomas Edison had the ideas and discipline to create inventions but Edwin Barnes had the ability to sell and network. Arguably, both needed the strengths of the other man to achieve what they did during that time in history. Additionally, global technology got an update and addition which also spurned the development of other inventions to create ecosystems and prototypes.

If we learnt at least one thing from the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic we are definitely stronger and more effective when we work together.

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