The Obstacle is the way
Samuel Colt, the renowned American inventor, is credited with the creation of the revolver gun.
At the age of 16 his father christopher Colt sent him to a prestigious boarding school Amherst academy in Massachusetts but his son Samuel Colt who has a restless spirit was experimenting with one of his inventions and things went south which resulted in a fire in the school campus.
To avoid the anger of his father he fled and left school. He ended up boarding the merchant ship CORVO and sailing the world for 3 years doing menial jobs.
At his spare time he observed the ship and was captivated by the ships wheels which could spin in alternative directions or be locked in a position. His imagination hit a eureka moment one day and in his imagination he was translating the wheel rotation of the ship to the action of a firearm or gun
He immediately formed a prototype of a revolving gun with scarpy material on the ship.
When he returned from that trip he started chasing the dream to materialize the dream.
THREE LESSONS
His terrible relationship with is father and the school he almost burned was what drove him into the ship which was where he conceived the idea of a revolver gun.
The second lesson from this story is about the significance of experiences and travel in fostering fertile minds for innovative ideas. Entrepreneurs often find breakthrough inspiration in the books they read, the people they meet, and the places they explore. People are more mentally fertile to receive ideas when you’re in an experience.
Think about it, most entrepreneurs got their breakthrough ideas from books they read, people they met and travels they made.Get in the habit of drawing ideas from one industry into another. So travel, leave your city, go to another town, expose yourself to new experiences.
See how Samuel Colt took what he observed in a boat and translated it into creating a firearm. This is the reason why i encourage people to read wide and observe other industries and you’ll make connections that may help your business.
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