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July 17, 2006

Money - One of the Best Motivators for Inventors

An excellent source of inspiration and motivation to invent the next life saving or quality of life improving medical device is money.

You can make a lot of money from your inventions and there is nothing wrong with inventing for pure monetary reasons. Do not “feel bad” or rationalize away the fact that you are inventing for the sake of financial reward. Don’t forget – as medical device inventors – you can never invent “just for money”. You are not inventing the next iPod, Router, Cell Phone or the next big Internet whatever -- you are inventing medical devices which will improve the quality of life and save the lives of millions of people around the world. If you also make some money doing so – all the better for everyone. Remember you can make dollars and make a difference at the same time.

Here are some money making inspirational quotes:

Lack of money is the root of all evil.
Mark Twain

When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it is.
Oscar Wilde

You can be young without money but you can't be old without it.
Tennessee Williams

There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
Benjamin Franklin

Most people are too busy earning a living to make any money
Anonymous

I have never been in a situation where having money made it worse.
Clinton Jones.

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
J. Paul Getty

Questions or comments email me at michael@doctorofinvention.com

July 12, 2006

GO FOR IT!!!

Here is some more inspiration and motivation to get you to invent the next life saving ad/or quality of life improving medical device:

If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
Mary Kay Ash

We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.
Wilbur Wright

When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.
Larry Ellison

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Henry Ford

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.
Orville Wright

Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.
Mary Kay Ash

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.
Edwin Land

The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.
David Ogilvy

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
Henry Ford

The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips.
J. Paul Getty

Want to brainstorm about your invention? email me at michael@doctorofinvention.com

stay tuned - my next post will deal with one of the greatest motivators of all time -- MONEY

July 11, 2006

Inventing Motivation from Albert Einstein

To help you take that very difficult first step, and to help you get to your Eureka moment, today, Albert Einstein -- the Man Himself -- will inspire and motivate you. Here are some of his more famous inspirational quotes:

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex ... it takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

It's not that I'm so smart , it's just that I stay with problems longer.

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism, have brought me to my ideas.

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Ok, are you inspired?????? You should be!!!

Feel like brainstorming with someone to help you get to that eureka moment -- email me at michael@doctorofinvention.com