Invention involves creation, development and growth. Since the roots of inventiveness lie in the human mind, the basics of invention also lie in the characteristics of the mind. These are attitudes which help inventiveness thrive.

Inventors have long been perceived as people in search of answers and solutions. That’s important, but what‘s equally if not more important are the questions. Before the answers, come the questions. It’s the quality of questions that decides the quality of the answers. Great thinkers and inventors have always asked questions which regular folks did not even imagine or dare to ask. Such questions have lead to historic breakthroughs down the ages. Effective inventors do not take the reality around them for granted; they are always busy questioning and figuring out new and better alternatives.

Saying that creative thinking is important is stating the obvious. What is actually more important is to understand where this creativity comes from? If you get around to thinking about it, the answer will be, it comes from a sense of wonderment. Wonderment excites, energizes, motivates and frees your thinking to soar beyond all imagined limitations and enter into a magical zone of where you can ideas ranging from useful to revolutionary.

Finally persistence, which is the key to success in all walks of life. Hard work does not have any substitute. You have to keep working on your ideas, developing them at every opportunity and against all limitations and failures. That’s the only way you can make it through to the end you desire, else your idea will stay in your mind and wither away.

So Ask, Think, Work and Create.