Most great ideas help transform society. Many times people go from the cradle to the grave without ever making mention of that great idea that could have altered and impacted society. Many of you reading this now have a idea or suggestion but aren’t bringing it forward for reasons that only you know.

Hypothetical Examples:

1. Thomas Edison could have been reading by candle and just got sick of it and said I need another form of light.
( Hence The light Bulb )

2. Alexander Graham Bell could have gotten tired of tapping on a key pad in Morris Code and said enough is enough; I want to talk to someone. ( Hence The Telephone )

3. George Washington Carver could have wanted something else to spread on his bread so he invented peanut butter along with hundreds of other peanut products.

4. Lonnie Johnson could have got tired of his kids spraying him with water guns and invented the Super Soaker to get even plus got rich in the process.

5. Richard Knerr and Arthur Melin could have wanted their kids to stop hitting each other with plastic tubes so they founded the Wham-O company and made hula -hoops with the tubes; Then made millions.

6. Hedy Lamarr a early 21st century actress got tired of acting and developed a “Secret Communications System “to help combat the Axis powers in World War II. This helped end the war.

7. Gary Dahl in 1975 working as an advertising executive wanted more money so he started marketing a rock. He became a multi-millionaire by marketing The Pet Rock.

8. Orville and Wilbur wright could have been sitting around one day and said I’m tired of driving; Let’s build a flying machine.
( Hence The Airplane ).

9. Edward Montagu a Eral in 1660 got tired of his same old food so he put meat on two pieces of bread. ( Hence He Created The Sandwich ).

10. Bernard and Murray Spain felt like putting little smiling faces on notes and messages for fun. They decided to make a business out of it and made an estimated profit of five hundred million from smiley faces.

HOW CAN WE ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO PERUSE THEIR CREATIVE BUSINESS IDEAS and EVEN ENCOURAGE OURSELVES ???

@klg007

Something to think about, for sure. How do you think this ties into social media? 

Long before Social Media became the commercialized information instrument and entertainment medium as it is today it existed in different forms years ago.

In the early years the telegraph machine, the early printing press, and the early photographing machines were the state of the art prehistoric instruments that were the forerunners of the high speed computers and devices that are utilized to broadcast social media information globally today.

Ideas and Invention is the reason that social media exist today. The fact that certain individuals utilized their creative genius is the main reason why we are able to interact in the social media arena today.

@gametag – Ahhh – I just checked and see it at Amazon - 

FABULOUS!!!!