It comes down to how much you want it. Since 1992 my office has had an 8.5″ x 11″ printed sign directly over my desk. It reads: WhiteLight Design – Product Quickstart Committed to Excellence, Desire is Everything, Never Give Up!
Committed to Excellence! Once you stand back you can say, this is the best I can do.
Desire is Everything! You typically underestimate your fortitude and amount of energy you have to achieve the results. It starts in the mind of awareness that you must decide to continue and that extraordinary desire to continue is everything.
Never Give Up! Product Development is an expensive investment. You will find that the road is not well lite or well paved. Marketing an invention is a maze of unknows that may take months to show any results. You may need to overcome many roadblocks or obstacles you did not expect. Or receive gracefully not the answer or feedback you expected. But you have to put your head down and never ever give up. Don’t give in to the “you can’t do that” Don’t back down from your goals Most important never stop doing what you know is right. Nothing worth doing ever, came easy. And the more righteous your path the more opposition you will face. Now go into the world and turn your hopes and dreams into action.
In the business of Product Design Development – Product Engineering – Industrial Design you have mountains, hills and valleys. This sign has kept me grounded and motivated. Reminding me that there are greater powers that empower us to achieve our dreams. The key is determination. Even if that means changing course or even starting over. In the invention, innovation, prototype world this can mean days of rework usually going much faster than the first time. The lesson is learning to optimize the energy to results efforts, think and design smarter percentages is best done on a repetitive basis. Nothing great is achieved without moving in the dark to find the light that illuminates the goal. Demand the best from yourself. Reach out if you have questions.
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