Without Charles Kettering, we may not have the self-starters in automobiles or the diesel trains or A/c’s in our homes.
Charles Kettering grew up as a poor farm boy and he was not able to afford education. Coupled with it, he had a problem with his health, which did not allow him to read.
Yet, he persevered and invented many things including the self-starter in cars and became a multi-millionaire and also pushed humanity forward by leaps and bounds..
What you could learn from this episode:
- How he saw his poverty as opportunity.
- How he earned money for his college
- What did he do, when his health problem did not permit him to study his lessons.
- How he made the railroad to run faster.
- How he made the automobile run with very less noise.
