Patillo Higgins

What is something that I could learn from Patillo Higgins life? Something that really caught my attention about his life was the fact that he may have given up on school, but he didn't give up on education. He continued to study; geology to be exact. He also discovered something he had never seen before, and went in to the study of oil. He knew back home there was somewhere oil could be found. He studied the land in back home and did end up finding a place where oil could be brought up. Not many people believed him, even after they went down 300ft. Still he knew how far and where exactly it was. He kept saying 1000ft. No one listened. That brings up the next thing I learned, to not give up on something you believe in. If you no it's the truth, and have some much proof of it, don't give up on what you believe in. After Higgins was told over and over again there was no oil, 10 years later, BAM! A gusher was shooting oil right out. He never gave up, and that's encouragement right there.