Thomas Edison had an atypical life. During childhood, his mind wandered too much resulting in him being taken out of the classroom to be taught by his mother at home. As a young adult, Edison worked as a telegraph operator for a few years while he experimented on the side. The remainder of his adulthood was dedicated to a life of innovation over which he produced an incredible 1,093 patents and developed several devices that earned him a reputation as one of the greatest creative geniuses in all of history.
Many people strive to improve the quality of their works, often to exceedingly high levels - the writer seeks to transcribe that best-seller, the one that will receive widespread critical acclaim; the composer struggles to forge that musical masterpiece, the one that will endure for centuries; the entrepreneur strives to execute the perfect commercial concept, the one that will make a dent in the universe (and hopefully turn a profit). In all of these cases, the aim is to produce something "better."
In contrast to quality, the notion of quantity is often denigrated - the writer would rather transcribe a single best-seller instead of a dozen mediocre books; the composer would rather forge a single chef d'oeuvre instead of a dozen average songs; the entrepreneur would rather focus on executing the single perfect commercial concept instead of a dozen sub-standard ideas. However, there is more to quantity than meets the eye.
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