The full text is: Genius is 1% inspiration plus 99% sweat, but that 1% inspiration is the most important, even more important than that 99% sweat. It means: inspiration is very important, it is a shortcut to success; Diligence is the most important thing, it is the steering wheel of life, and it directly determines whether your diligence can lead to success.
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Edison was of course a genius, and he also believed in genius. He holds a "conditional recognition" attitude towards genius, that is, genius is the most important, but genius also needs hard work. Edison admitted hard work, but in the final analysis, he paid more attention to inspiration.
Edison was the first person in human history to use a large number of production principles and electrical engineering research laboratories to patent inventions, which had a great and far-reaching impact on the world. His invention of the phonograph, movie camera and electric light had a great influence on the world. He had more than 2,000 inventions and 1000 patents in his life.
Edison died in 65438 at the age of 82. However, so far no one can break his record of holding 1094 invention patents, and people call him the king of invention.
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Baidu Encyclopedia Thomas Alva Edison (a famous American inventor and entrepreneur)