I have had a lot of success with failure
Nothing that's good works by itself, you've got to make the damn thing work.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention. It's their 'ideas' that appeal to me. I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor
There is a better way to do it - Find it!
There is always a better way.
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.