The
Answers To Your Problem(s)?
Years
ago, a young mother about to go out with her husband prepared to feed their
baby before they left. The husband became impatient as she started her daily
routine of mashing vegetables through a strainer. Tired of him standing over
her with the car keys in one hand and the other hand on the door knob, she
turned the task over to him. Within a few minutes, the strainer, peas, carrots,
and bowl ended up in his lap. As he changed clothes, he reasoned that there
must be a better way to prepare baby food and that there must be a lot of
frustrated parents who didn't enjoy the monotony of straining fruit and
vegetables three times a day
Soon,
they began discussing the idea of designing machinery to strain the food in a
factory and sell it already prepared. Fortunately, the young father and his dad
owned a small canning plant, but it was difficult to sell the older man on the
concept. One mistake that harmed a child
would destroy everything it had taken them a lifetime to build. And what about
the expense of marketing surveys, developing and financing new machinery,
packaging, getting stores to accept the products, and getting parents to buy
something totally new at a price that would be both affordable and profitable?
You've been through this in your own organization or family when someone comes
up with an idea that colors outside the lines! I see you're nodding
affirmatively.
The
risk was enormous, but in the end, they went forward with their idea because it
filled a need they understood first-hand. They had the skills and experience.
And the market was so vast that the positive benefits far outweighed the
negative factors. One year after Dan Gerber dumped the strainer of cooked
vegetables into his lap, the Gerber Products Company introduced its first five baby
foods to the market. The point of the story is that, so often, an idea becomes
a goal when we realize it meets a need in our own lives and the lives of
others. Our motivation to achieve this goal is dependent upon how strong our
need is and whether or not we have the determination, optimism and toughness to
follow through our ideas to fruition.
Consider
the following: - The outboard motor was invented by Ole Evinrude because he
couldn't row the boat fast enough on a Wisconsin lake to keep his girlfriend's
ice cream from melting. - The Automatic Dishwasher was invented by a woman
whose housekeeper kept breaking her fine china when she washed it by hand. -
The ice cream cone was invented by a waffle vendor who ran out of plates to
serve his waffles. - The Polaroid camera was invented by Edward Land because
his daughter wanted to see the pictures she took with her camera right away,
rather than wait. - And the hot dog was invented by a German immigrant whose
silk gloves used to serve bratwurst in his restaurant were taken home by his
patrons. His solution was to split a bun, and serve the bratwurst that way.
Yes
John Wooden spoke the Truth when he said: "Do not let what you cannot do
interfere with what you can do"
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Question
- Answer - Action
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Instead
of focusing on the problem and what you can't do... How can you focus all your
energy on finding the Answer... What can you do today that will Help You find
The Answers to your problem(s)?....
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