by abeckley | Mar 25, 2017 | Attitude, Behaviors of success, Benefits are easily demonstrated, Criticism, Critiquing ideas, Dealing with rejection, Disappointments, DRTV, Invention, Paths for your product, QVC, Sell on TV, Strategy, Turning setbacks into success
For over fourteen years, I made a living, first part-time and now full-time, from creative endeavors, most especially, inventing. It took me a few years to realize that many of foundational values of the corporate world, don't work well at all in the inventing,...
by abeckley | Mar 13, 2017 | Attitude, Behaviors of success, Criticism, Dealing with rejection, Disappointments, Invention, Keys to Success, Setbacks, Strategy, Turning setbacks into success
I decided to tell a bit of my personal story because I think mirrors the experiences of many entrepreneurs and, especially, inventors. I will set the stage a bit like a novel with three different timeframes and what was going on in my life during each. September 2009...
by abeckley | Mar 5, 2017 | Attitude, Behaviors of success, Criticism, Dealing with rejection, Disappointments, Invention, Keys to Success, Setbacks, Strategy, Turning setbacks into success
I can tell a lot about an inventor based upon his or her attitude towards setbacks and more especially rejection. By ‘rejection' I mean when a prospective retailer or licensee gives the dreaded ‘it's not for us' answer. Inventors respond most typically to...
by abeckley | Nov 15, 2016 | Big success, Career choices, Dealing with rejection, Disappointments, Invention, Paths for your product, Research
I spend a good deal of time reading, researching, and pondering the topic of why people do what they do. More specifically, what motivations, decisions, and fears drive them to choose one career path over another? There are hundreds of books written on this topic....
by abeckley | Aug 7, 2016 | American Dream, Big success, Career success, Dealing with rejection, Disappointments, DRTV, Invention, Keys to Success, Licensing, QVC, Sell on TV, Setbacks, TV testing, Web testing
This post is a follow up to Turning No's Into Inventing Success from last week. In that post, I described the most painful no I ever received – from a large wallet manufacturer who had initially been keenly interested in licensing my product. The second defining...
by abeckley | May 8, 2016 | Critiquing ideas, Disappointments, Invention, Keys to Success, Myth of easy success, resilience, Setbacks, Wow factor
Inventors always are searching for new product ideas; and always seek the elusive secret to inventing success. Spoiler alert: there is not a secret to inventing success. Success comes from practicing a combination of many behaviors consistently over time. I separate...
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