Inspiration for Success: Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell (1847 – 1922) was the inventor of the telephone. Along the way, he also did many other things which was notably successful as well. Truly an inspiration for success.

Success is following your heart.
Throughout his life, Bell had been interested in the education of deaf people. Pursuing this interest ultimately led him to the invention of the telephone.

Success is having vision.
Shortly after the telephone’s invention, Bell had written to his father, “The day is coming when telegraph wires will be laid on to houses just like water or gas – and friends will converse with each other without leaving home.”

Success is being a keen observer.
Bell was a gifted pianist, who as a teenager, noticed that a chord struck on one piano would be echoed by a piano in another room. He realized that whole chords could be transmitted through the air, vibrating at the other end at exactly the same pitch. In the years to come, this simple observation would eventually lead him to the creation of the telephone.

Success is asking the right questions.
Bell hoped to convey several messages simultaneously, each at a different pitch. However, he could not see a way to make-and-break the current at the precise pitch required. He would eventually find the answer to his question, “How could pitch be conveyed along a wire?” (more…)