​Inventor Daydreaming

I could think of a million things to daydream about. It’s in our DNA as humans to transplant ourselves to another reality that would miraculously grant us the perfect happiness. I defy anyone to claim that an alternate reality replacing their existing perceptions do not occur at least once a day.

What an opener…what’s the point? The point is simple…transplanting our minds into an improved environment or condition is the lifeblood that drives humanity forward. Day dreaming is congruent with having enough oxygen in a crowded room. Our minds are able to transmit millions of bits of information per second and that is without thinking a complicated thought. It is no wonder how we exist in any given state of mind let alone in the complexities of our social structure with rules and regulations that take twenty years out of our lives just to learn the basics.

The miracle of nature has enabled our brain with a very special gift and that gift is imagination. There is a problem with this gift…most people have a governor or restrictor, a wall so to speak that sends flashing warning signals…go no further a cliff ahead. I’m sure that anyone reading this will relate to a schoolteacher shouting in your direction…” hey you…stop daydreaming and pay attention.” The very words pay attention is what imagination requires in order to set the goals of impossible landscapes and leaps of adventurous endeavors.

New innovations are not a given birthright or auto download into our brains. There are too many distractions especially when paying attention to the rigid surrounding of conventionalism. Innovation starts with daydreaming…and it might seem and usually is, something unrealistic.

I believe that the special ingredient mixed into a fresh innovation or new idea is the fact that it is at first unrealistic, otherwise obviously everything would have been invented already. Being that is not the case and we do need this important ingredient of dreaming...then why would individuals tend to limit themselves and restrict the abstract as far fetched.The answer may not be a simple one.

What I have learned throughout my career as an inventor is that the first people invited at the table of a fresh idea is family and friends. We tend to seek approval from people we trust and for the most part the support of this inner circle is very important. The rules of engagement in the inventing game is different in that your trusted friends are not experts of your idea and many times dismiss your idea as unreachable or not realistic. This reaction is not because they do not want you to succeed they mean well, but nine out of ten they have restrictions on their imagination and are not knowledgeable in the field. 

If you are such a person that has wonderful ideas but were afraid to let them fly...due diligence, research and self-motivation is a recommendation of the highest order. Next seek the expert advice of path blazers in the field of the idea or invention.

I have been asked many times, “where did you start?” or “who did you hire?” these are obvious questions.

I started with myself. New ideas usually originate and are projected forward by the individual that unblocked the restriction of limitless possibilities. I have mentioned in interviews and articles referring to the time I reached out to expert advice from other successful inventors. One in particular gave me the best advice I could have ever asked for, he said, “nobody cares about your idea…the only person to push forward and make it happen is you. After and only after you succeed in propelling your idea forward with traction that others take notice."

I will conclude with this; if you are the type of person who truly believes that anything is possible (disclaimer) within reason…and dare to daydream…stay focused...and never…and I mean never give up the dream that “You” think is possible.