When I think of The Do-Over Principle the person who comes to my mind first is Thomas Edison.
"Edison executed the first of his 1,093 successful U.S. patent applications on 13 October 1868, at the age of 21. He filed an estimated 500–600 unsuccessful or abandoned applications as well" (Rutgers, 2009, ¶ 1).
Edison didn't accomplish this by giving up and going home. Every time he tried something that didn't work he would call a Do-Over and try something different. When inventing the electric light bulb he didn't do this once, he didn't try it 10 times then quit, when he got to 100 times he still didn't give up. He called a Do-Over almost 10,000 times before he was able to stabilize this
invention.
How many times are you willing to call a Do-Over to achieve your goals?
How long are you going to wait before you call one?
Rutgers. (2009). Edison's Patents. Retrieved August 1, 2009 from http://edison.rutgers.edu/patents.htm
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