HOW ABOUT DOUBLING YOUR INCOME? - part 3

Articles In This Section:

· You Are Twice as Good as You Think You Are - part 1

· You Are Twice as Good as You Think You Are - part 2

· HOW ABOUT DOUBLING YOUR INCOME? - part 1

· HOW ABOUT DOUBLING YOUR INCOME? - part 2

· HOW ABOUT DOUBLING YOUR INCOME? - part 3

· HOW ABOUT DOUBLING YOUR INCOME? - part 4

· HOW ABOUT DOUBLING YOUR INCOME? - part 5

· BE HAPPY!

Every patent in the United States Patent Office is the result of an idea. From whom did they come? A large percentage of them are the brainchildren of just plain folks—like you and me.

In regard to patents, it is often said that there are so many of them that it is becoming increasingly difficult to conceive new ones. This, of course, is not true. Each new patent issued opens up avenues for countless more patents.

An automobile is made up of thousands of different patents, and each year's new models include many more.

With the creation of radio, an entirely new field of invention and discovery came into being. Television paved the way for countless hundreds of new patents. So, as we face facts we find that instead of opportunities for invention decreasing, they are multiplying rapidly.

Every time anything goes wrong you are confronted with an opportunity for an invention. The first can openers were gadgets which were inserted in the top of a can and pumped up and down, leaving a protruding saw-toothed edge around the top of the can. Many people opening a can would cut a finger—but do nothing about it, except use a bit of bad language.

One man, however, instead of swearing when he cut his finger, asked himself why a can opener could not be invented which would leave a smooth edge. It seemed perfectly possible, so he went ahead and invented such an opener, which not only prevented others from cutting themselves, but built up a tidy fortune for him.

Ideas might be referred to as crystallized thought, or thought which has taken form: a foundation on which to build.

Every place you look you see ideas which have become realities. Every business is built upon an idea. The clothes you wear; the house in which you live; the automobile you drive— all resulted from ideas.

You can struggle all your life without making much progress, when suddenly a single idea can lift you out of obscurity into the limelight of success and happiness.

There is no age limit to those who may develop ideas of value. Many people in their sixties, seventies, and even beyond, have perfected ideas which have enabled them to make more progress in a limited time than they had made throughout all of their previous years.