Thoughts on Today’s Quote
How many times have you met someone who does a lot of dwelling on what has happened to them in the past?
Ever notice how those people never seem to move forward and succeed in life?
You can’t move forward if you’re walking backwards.
Spending too much time looking at yesterday is like walking into a room backwards. You’re in the room but you can’t see what is there. If you can’t see what is there, how can you ever know if what you need or want is in the room?
My yesterdays are part of what shapes and forms me as a person and my ideas on life. They will help to drive me forward only if I put my back to yesterday and let them propel me forward into whatever life is going to bring me.
I can learn from the past. What I learn is only of value if I live in a forward movement.
Are you walking backward or forward in life? Are your eyes set on yesterday or tomorrow?
Who is Charles F. Kettering?
Born in Loudonville, Ohio on August 29, 1876, Charles Kettering was an inventor, engineer and businessman.
Hired directly from school by the National Cash Register company in 1904 he designed an easy credit approval system which was the forerunner of today’s credit cards. He also developed the first electric cash register.
He left NCR in 1909 after helping to co-found Delco, an innovative firm that developed electrical systems for cars including the first self-starter. The self-starter replaced the crank system which had led to the injury of many drivers due to its tendency to blow back on ignition. Delco was responsible for the first reliable ignition system for cars.
During WW1 Kettering developed the world’s first unmanned aerial torpedo system that became known as the “Kettering bug”. This experimental prototype was the forerunner of today’s cruise missiles.
Delco was bought out by United Motors in 1920 which later became General Motors. Kettering worked as the head of research for GM from 1920 to 1947. During his time at GM Kettering was involved in developing leaded gas, freon refrigerant for air conditioners and the lacquer & enamels to allow mass produced cars to be painted in different colours.
Several public buildings across the US were named in his honour after his death in November 1958 at the age of 82.
*I will try to find information on the author of the quotes I share. I wont always be successful.
Don’t know about you, but I find it interesting to know who the person was that anyone took the time to record or quote that person.*
About Coffee Time Meditation
I love being inspired by other people’s quotes. I thought I’d start sharing some quotes that inspire me along with my own thoughts the quote evokes within me. So, think of someone, like me, sitting quietly with the first fresh coffee of the day and mediating about the words of the quote. That would be me, or it could be you.
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