Today is Make Your Dreams Come True Day!

We’ve all dreamed about a life where we’re living out our passion. In this life, we set goals for ourselves and work hard to achieve and exceed them, all the while enjoying the ride.

Life is an adventure and our dreams are the compass that leads us down a certain path. Dreams motivate us and encourage us to sometimes take the road less traveled.

In celebration of Make Your Dreams Come True Day, we wanted to help you make your dreams come true with the help of these three easy steps:

Get started

If you continue to dream about what could be, they’ll stay just that – dreams. The first step in making your dreams a reality is to get started. You don’t have to jump feet-first into action, rather, take your time and do your research. Test the waters and see where the stream takes you.

Get inspired

Inspiration leads us to do things that we’ve always dreamed of, but never had the courage to do. Take the time to talk with someone who inspires you. Tell them about your dreams and aspirations and exchange ideas on how you can turn those dreams into a reality. Sometimes, it helps to bounce ideas off of another person in order to really see where your vision can take you.

Get working

“Dreams don’t work unless you do.” In order for your dreams to become a reality, you have to work at them. One way to do so is to write them down. This exercise moves your dream from your imagination and onto paper to validate and make your aspirations concrete. Once you’ve seen your dream in front of you, it’s time to plan and brainstorm the course of action you’ll take to make it a reality. Create projects, set deadlines and treat your dream chasing like a job!

Though these three tips can’t guarantee that your dreams will become a reality, they can help put you on the right path toward your goal.

If you’re ready to chase after your invention dream – you can submit your idea, today!

Copyright Davison, 2016

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When it comes to following your invention dreams, negativity and skepticism may be prevalent and these emotions could potentially cast a shadow on your goals and blur your dreams.

Though negativity exists, today we want to offer you a few tips on how to maintain a positive outlook to deal with critics and skeptics you may encounter on your invention journey:

1. Know your limits – When following your dreams, it’s important to realize and understand what you can control and stop worrying about what you cannot control. It’s important that you not become too entangled with circumstances that are beyond your control, because that can hinder your progress. Though it’s difficult, try your best to only be concerned with what you can control and focus on creating a positive outcome.
2. Have a support system – When working to overcome the negativity of skeptics, it’s a good idea to have the right team in place that can offer you the support you need to keep climbing the ladder of success. By putting in place a group of positive people who will motivate you, offer you sound advice and exchange ideas with you, you’ll be setting yourself on the right path to reaching your goals.
3. Weather the storm – Change is a constant in life and how we deal with change can either be a positive or negative experience. To this point, while on your inventing journey, not everything will fall perfectly into place. Though you may expect  your dreams to come to fruition seamlessly, the reality of it is that there will be changes that come along the way that could possibly throw a curveball at your idea. It’s how you deal with these changes that will likely determine the outcome. A positive attitude is the best captain when working to right your invention ship.

Negative people and situations are a common occurrence in in everyday life and they can be particularly prevalent when a person is following an invention dream. How we handle these instances determines what path we choose to take: the positive or negative path.

The power of positivity can help thwart negativity and these three tips can help you lead a life with a positive outlook.

Copyright Davison, 2015

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More often than not, invention ideas evolve and take a different shape, resulting in a solution that may be completely different than the inventor initially pictured in their mind.

Change is a constant, especially in the invention world.

Inventions are meant to solve a problem and sometimes those problems are ones we didn’t even realize we had.

The fact of the matter is that these new solutions have the potential to make an impact on people. Whether they make our lives easier by providing a Better Way to do something or simply give us an option we didn’t know existed – successful inventions and innovations provide a solution to a problem.

That’s why at Davison we like to say, “There’s always a Better Way!”

As we mentioned before, invention ideas can change. At Davison, we see this happen all of the time and, sometimes, the results are wonderful.

We often think back to our client, Melanie, inventor of the Half N Half Cupcake Pan.

While Melanie courageously battled cancer, she also took on smaller challenges in the kitchen as a novice baker, who realized there had to be a simple way to quickly cut an entire pan of brownies to the same size with ease.

Melanie pursued her idea on her own.  After spending a lot of time and money on a patent for her idea that seemed to be going nowhere, Melanie contacted Davison to help get her idea cooking, only to find that buyers were not so interested in brownies. Cupcakes, however, were a different story.  And, so evolved the innovative Half N Half Cupcake Pan.

Melanie Dared to Invent. Like every one of our clients, she took the risk and, even though her product idea changed, it became one that provided a real solution.

So whether an invention provides a Better Way to make cupcakes that are half chocolate and half vanilla or initiates extreme advances in medicine or technology – solutions to problems are out there and sometimes, it takes great people in this world to create a Better Way to make the world a wonderfully-inventive place.

Do you Dare to Invent?

If you are ready to potentially problem-solve, submit your invention idea today!

Copyright Davison, 2015

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Every invention journey begins with an idea.  As an aspiring inventor, this idea is yours. Though you’ve thought about it time and time again, perhaps you didn’t know what to do with it or where to go for help to transform the idea into a reality.

As an inventor, you hold your invention ideas close to heart, not sharing it with others for fear that they might steal the idea from you. However, you want to take your idea one step further.

At this point, you turn to Davison and confidentially submit your invention idea. From there, the adventure begins as you go through the inventing process to hopefully one day see your invention on store shelves.

No one said the invention process was easy. In fact, even three of the most famous inventors struggled along the way, too. However, they found a way to overcome the curveballs that were thrown at them to finally reach their goals.

So, today, we offer you some advice straight from some of our seasoned veterans at Davison ready to help as you embark on your very own inventing journey.

Five tips for aspiring inventors about the invention process:

1. Be patient and understand that you will endure some bumps along the road; almost every inventor does. It takes time and perseverance to take a product to the market. You must have thick skin and be ready to deflect criticisms from family and friends. There are a lot of emotions involved in this industry and you must be prepared for the ride.
2. “Don’t live life with regrets.”  Theodore Roosevelt once said “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”  Avoid looking back on your life and asking yourself, “what if?” Life’s short and you only get one shot. If you believe in your idea, follow it and in the worst-case scenario, you can look back and say that you tried!
3. Realize that there are risks in pursuing an idea, just as an entrepreneur faces risks pursuing their new business venture. There are no guarantees, but if you believe in your idea, you have the opportunity to give it a shot.
4. Have fun! It’s important to make this journey fun and enjoyable. Even when setbacks occur, take them in stride. Embrace the ups and downs of the inventing rollercoaster!
5. Stay calm. Many aspiring inventors, at times, are very nervous about moving forward with their idea. Try your best to step outside of your comfort zone, because those feelings of nervousness, uncertainty and anxiety are normal. But, when you take the first step and watch your dreams begin to become reality, those feelings will turn into something quite different.

If you’re ready to begin your very own journey, submit your invention idea, today!

Copyright Davison, 2015

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