Someone else built it

Oluwatobi Adesanya
Aug 28, 2017 · 2 min read

I was pretty techy as a child and loved to fix stuff. Everyone thought I’d be an Engineer. I remember telling Dad I was going to be a Scientist, at another time I said I’d be an Astronaut, at yet another time I said I was going to invent things.

Grandpa always called me an Engineer. This is probably because I extracted rotors from bad radios to make moving buses, I fixed sockets sometimes I got shocked by electricity. It was scary but I relished the experience.

At one time I sat with Dad and I said I had an idea to build a Beans Shaft Removal Machine.

Only God knows where the idea came from.

I had not read any science text book at the time (I was in Primary school or JSS 1). I just felt that Mom could not always have to peel beans with her hands to make bean cake for us. There had to be a better way you know (perhaps this unconsciously influenced the idea).

So, I drew the prototype on paper and showed it to Dad.

Every idea or vision you’ve caught will become a reality in years to come whether or not you work on it.


Fast forward to 2017

I never got around to building the Bean Shaft removal machine.

My Dearest Sister came to my room some days ago and showed me a picture in a magazine -voila! It was the Bean Shaft removal machine. Beautifully designed, shaped and sleek; it got me thinking.

In a flash I remembered the idea I had conceived several years back when there probably wasn’t anything like that in existence

So,

“Someone else built it” I said to myself.

Lessons learned.

Here’s the point

Every idea or vision you’ve caught will become a reality in years to come whether or not you work on it. If you fail to work on it (giving all the right excuses), someone else will do, and do you know the surprising thing? You will come across it and realize it was exactly what you should have built.

Your idea is valid. Don’t wait for validation from people who may not understand or believe in what you are doing.

Don’t let someone else build it.

I’m super glad I didn’t wait around too long to start my company. I guess I’ve learned by lessons after all.

Live your dreams.

Release potential.

I hope this inspires someone.

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Oluwatobi Adesanya

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Oluwatobi is a ghostwriter and Creative Director of Heart2World Publishing #Ghostwriter #Editor #Publisher #LoverofHisPresence Heart2worldpublishing.com

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