How the Doctor found a cure for polio

(Thanks to our Smile-Therapy friends at Bits and Pieces/ Economic Press for this wonderful story)

Dr Jonas Salk discovered the first vaccine against Polio in 1954. Of this scientific breakthrough and other triumphs, he offers this reflection…

“Ideas came to me as they do all of us. The difference is I took them seriously. I didn’t get discouraged that others didn’t see what I saw. I had trust and confidence in my perceptions rather than listening to dogma and what other people thought. I didn’t allow anyone to discourage me—and EVERYONE tried. But life is not a popularity contest.”

Now  let’s bring ourselves back in time to 1954 and before when Salk was in the process of his lifesaving discovery.

You think he found the right formula in 1-2 tries?

You think it took him a week to make this happen?

You think anyone was telling him.. “your going to find a cure for polio.. right!”

Think anyone called him crazy?

Bottom line is if we all listened to the negativity and the people trying to discourage us from accomplishing anything worthwhile… NOTHING WOULD EVER GET DONE. Trust your instincts. Work hard, do your homework, be passionate, be persistent. Listen to YOU.

Remember this: think how much time and study and investment you have into whatever your trying to accomplish versus the person telling you that you cannot do it. How much time, study and investment do they have into the specific subject your working on. What qualifications do they have for telling you not to do it? Listen to you, not them. Go for it.

Jonas Salk listened to himself, and look what he did.. found the cure for a deadly disease, Polio. Salk changed the course of history!

T.A. Smith
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