Remember when you were a kid? You were full of dreams and each new day was a new discovery. You had “belief” programmed into you from birth, until that day when the “real world” came knocking on your door. Today news stations are pumping pessimism and negative influences, clouding people’s dreams and belief systems.

You see, in order to invent, you need to believe. You need to have belief through your whole body, down to your toes. So, how do you reawaken your creative genius after the “real world” tries to put it to sleep? How do you take yourself back to a happy place where anything is possible, even when you aren’t sure your invention will become a reality? If I could place you, with all your skills as an adult, into a time machine and take you back to when you were young, would you step in and take a ride?

I know I would! And so I created InventionLand so our professionals — the men and women we call Inventionmen — go through a time warp every day when they come to work. A hardware or tool designer (inventor), for example, steps back in time each day to their happy place. For them it was building their first tree house with dad’s tools, so we built them a huge tree house as their offices. We all have these moments that define our life. Theirs was in a tree house that launched them toward a career in tool and hardware.

InventionLand is our time machine. It reinvigorates our team, surrounding us with happy moments as we work diligently on our clients’ inventions.

I often say, “InventionLand is more than a place. It’s a state of mind.” It’s an idea I formed into an invention to transport the human mind during work to enhance creativity. In my opinion, nobody should invent in a cube! If you’re inventing at home, in your garage, or office, do your best to bring out your defining moment as often as possible. It’ll give your project passion — and you’ll smile more, too.