The biggest secret about inventing is that anybody can do it!Perhaps this sounds crazy, but it's true.
Wrong idea number 1:
Well, inventing means creating something"new", but the idea could come from something that already exists(存在). The Wright brothers, for example, got the idea for building a"flying machine"from watching birds.
Wrong idea number 2:Inventors are born, not made.
There are a lot of factors(因素) that make innovation(创新) possible He was born with a special talent for music. But other factors were also important for his creativity. His father was a music teacher, and Mozart practiced for hours every day, from the time he was in kindergarten. Thomas Edison said that being an inventor was"99% hard work and 1% inspiration"! As one inventor said, "A failure is the right answer to the wrong question!"
Wrong idea number 3:Inventors are always old people.
Here are two examples of young inventors: Louis Braille went blind when he was a child. When he was 15, he invented a system of reading and writing for blind people that is still used in most countries today. As a young man, George Nissen was watching trapeze artists(空中飞人) in a show. He watched how they fell into the net and then bounced(弹起) back up again. This gave him an idea and he invented the trampoline(蹦床).
A. Take Mozart, for example.
B. An invention has to be something completely new.
C. Don't believe that you can't invent something when you are young.
D. Very successful creators don't give up when they get something wrong.
E. Maybe you have the wrong idea about inventing, so read on to discover the truth.
