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The biggest secret about inventing is that
anybody can do it. It sounds crazy, but it's true. Maybe you have the wrong
idea about inventing, so read on to discover the truth.
Wrong idea No.1: An invention has to be
something completely new.
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 of building a "flying
machine" from watching birds.
Wrong idea No.2: Inventors are born, not made.
There are a lot of factors (因素) that make invention possible. Mozart was born with a talent
for composition. 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 four years old.
Very successful creators don't give up when
they get something wrong.
Wrong idea No.3: Inventors are always old
people.
Don't believe that you can't be an inventor
when you are young. Here are two examples of young inventors Louis Braille went
blind when he was a child. When he was fifteen, 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 some artists performing in a show. He
watched how they fell into the safety net and then jumped back up again. This
gave him an idea, and he invented the trampoline (蹦床).