Thank God there are individuals who have the vision,
determination, and drive to forge ahead through failure
after failure. You may only have the mental picture of a
given idea or invention, but that mental picture can be
enough to keep you working on your idea. Thousands of
new inventions are being patented every day. When will
people see the completion of your idea?
Imagine somewhere that there should be a monument
to lost ideas. It’s not a junk heap. It’s the should-have-been
heap. It’s a pile of the best ideas that were never tried or
fulfilled. It’s the unfulfilled patents or never-written books
or never-created ideas because somebody was afraid to try
or somebody ridiculed the idea to death. Is that where you
want your ideas to end up?
Look at Henry Ford, who in his early years began
working on inventing a gas-driven engine. Ford had a study
done by a leading college to see if the gas engine could
be invented. After extensive study, the college’s technical
department determined that the idea could not be done.
A piston could not be made to move by gasoline-ignited
power.
Henry Ford still believed he could build such an engine.
He purchased his own parts and with help from his wife, he
got the first makeshift piston powered by droplets of gasoline
ignited by a spark. The rest is history. The horses and the
steam engines of the day were gradually replaced with the
internal combustion engine in the early 1900s. Henry Ford
then developed the first successful automobile assembly
line, building cars faster than anyone had imagined. A
man with vision, determination, and fortitude, Henry Ford
proved himself a true visionary who would not let his ideas
be extinguished by the negativity and ridicule of others.
First, don’t stop yourself from dreaming; dreaming is
the starting point.
Second, don’t let others stifle your creative imagination.
Your ideas are greatest when you feel free to use your
imagination.
Third, don’t let your problems stop you. It’s been said
that going to sleep with a problem can be a good thing.
During your sleep, your brain can quietly think about the
problem. You can actually wake up with a new solution to
your problem. Allow your subconscious mind to work on
the problem.
C-2012 J. Carinci
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