{"id":20684,"date":"2017-01-19T11:17:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T15:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devwp.davison.com\/blog\/?p=20684"},"modified":"2022-08-10T09:32:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T13:32:10","slug":"thursday-thoughts-from-great-inventors-innovators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/blog\/thursday-thoughts-from-great-inventors-innovators\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Thoughts from Great Inventors &#038; Innovators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All inventors and innovators share two key characteristics \u2013 creativity and persistence.\u00a0 In order to better understand others and ourselves as inventors, we must take a closer look at what these things really mean.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Creativity <\/em><\/strong><em>\u2013 <\/em><em>the use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Persistence<\/em><\/strong><em> \u2013 <\/em><em>firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By tapping into our inner creativity, we enable ourselves to brainstorm and think of original ideas. Is there a problem you\u2019ve wanted to solve? Can you think of a better way to do something? Once we channel our inner creativity and think of an idea, it then comes down to persistence. Will you give up easily or decide it\u2019s okay to fail your way forward? Do you believe enough in yourself and your idea to keep going?<\/p>\n<p>The lesson is to keep believing in yourself and your idea! We know it\u2019s possible to turn ideas into reality and create \u201ca better way\u201d for two reasons. Our professional team at Davison works with real idea people every day to help move their invention ideas forward. Also, simply take a look back throughout the years to remember the many great inventors and innovators who\u2019ve done it before us. Use their powerful words to motivate the inventor and innovator within yourself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20685 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/edison-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"edison\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>&#8220;Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That&#8217;s not the place to become discouraged.&#8221; <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u2013 Thomas Edison<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20686 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/tesla-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"tesla\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>&#8220;I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success.&#8221; <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u2013 Nikola Tesla<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20687 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ford-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"ford\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" \/><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>&#8220;The only true test of values, either of men or of things, is that of their ability to make the world a better place in which to live.&#8221; <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u2013 Henry Ford<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20688 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/franklin-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"franklin\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u201cEnergy and persistence conquer all things.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u2013 Benjamin Franklin<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have these Thursday thoughts inspired the inventor within you? Confidentially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/submitidea.html?campaign_name=blogpost\">submit your idea<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p><em>Copyright Davison, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Images:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/thomas-edison-9284349\">http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/thomas-edison-9284349<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"video\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GET1zeDGwI\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/voxboxmag.com\/detalles\/nikola-tesla-padre-de-los-drones\/2405\/\">Nikola Tesla: padre de los drones<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u00abNikola Tesla: padre de los drones\u00bb \u2014 VoxBox Magazine\" src=\"https:\/\/voxboxmag.com\/detalles\/nikola-tesla-padre-de-los-drones\/2405\/embed\/#?secret=l0D6KT7E0h#?secret=GET1zeDGwI\" data-secret=\"GET1zeDGwI\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philanthropyroundtable.org\/resource\/benjamin-franklin\/\">http:\/\/www.philanthropyroundtable.org\/almanac\/hall_of_fame\/henry_ford<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philanthropyroundtable.org\/resource\/benjamin-franklin\/\">http:\/\/www.philanthropyroundtable.org\/almanac\/hall_of_fame\/benjamin_franklin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All inventors and innovators share two key characteristics \u2013 creativity and persistence.\u00a0 In order to better understand others and ourselves as inventors, we must take a closer look at what these things really mean. Creativity \u2013 the use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work. Persistence \u2013 firm &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,2,15],"tags":[115,72,61,94],"class_list":["post-20684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovation-2","category-inventing-advice","category-inventions","tag-famous-inventors","tag-innovation","tag-inventing-advice","tag-inventions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thursday Thoughts from Great Inventors &amp; Innovators - Davison<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Davison confidentially works with people to develop their new product ideas. 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