Monday, 25 March 2019

Failure?

As I look back on my life I see many more failures than I do successes. Most of my projects went nowhere. But a few of them succeeded, some beyond any reasonable expectation. I keep thinking that another one of those is on the way.

Examples: I wrote 10 books. One of them became a best-seller. I started about 15 major physics projects. Most were cancelled before they could reach fruition; a few succeeded moderately, and are still quoted in the literature (but only the specialists know about them); two were awarded Nobel Prizes (to my students who took them over). I started several businesses (consulting, shale gas exploration, optical devices) which did OK, but only my most recent one Home-Deep Isolation looks like it will change the world.

So you keep at it, and try not to be bothered by failure.  -Dr.Richard Muller

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