THE BIGGEST MISTAKES IN DISCOVERY.
For those who are yet to believe that making a mistake is actually more profitable than being idle and doing nothing, i guess it is high time you stop doubting and start doing something.
I have currently made about three posts about great mistakes that have changed the world all of which can be seen on my blog.
Today, i will be talking about "VASELINE" or "PETROLEUM JELLY" as some people may call it.
The petroleum jelly story goes thus;
In 1859 a certain man named Robert Chesebrough was looking at becoming one of the billionaires of his time and wanted to do so with the help of the Black gold which was prevalent at that time.
As the work went on, his workers began to complain about a sticky wax substance that gummed up their drilling equipments and had to be removed from the pumps regularly thereby making the work difficult.
The workers used the wax to heal their wounds and cut but after some time, Chesebrough took the wax to a lab in brooklyn where the medicinal portion of the wax was synthesized to what we know today as vaseline.
Chesebrough even ate a spoonful of it everyday.
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Interesting, i concour!!! There is no harm in trying. Continue if you fall rise up and continue again. For those that are still doubting stop, start now to do something.
Ok, i will. Thanks.
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STOPThat's interesting. Here he was trying to greet rich with oil. Yet another door opened you for him. That's cool. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, thanks a lot for the upvote. I am glad you like the post. Yes, another door opened for him one he did not expect. He wouldn't have seen the open door if he was idle. But he saw it because he was actually doing something. These are things that encourage me to continue trying out new things.
That's a very good point, I actually just realized that from the last post I wrote about the journey. Writing that post made me realize how one door light to another which led to another. Your post similarly does the same
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