CHAPTER VII

ENCOURAGING THE PROPENSITY

TO INNOVATE AND IMPROVE
ONE’S ABILITIES
 A. ENCOURAGING THE PROPENSITY TO INNOVATE

To innovate means to introduce new ideas or methods.

Being creative and original are all what you have to be in order
to come up with great innovations. The following guidelines
may help you develop your propensity to innovate:

1. Closely and carefully observe the methods and systems in

the training center. Your observations will help you in
determining where and when an innovation can be made or
introduced. Consider these areas for innovations:

• Methods of executing your project;

• Substituting materials for those not readily available.
 A. ENCOURAGING THE PROPENSITY TO INNOVATE

2. After you have made your observations, you can start

developing your idea.
3. Make your idea/innovation simple but original.
4. Examine your idea critically. Will the innovation be useful?
Will it accomplish training tasks in the least expensive and
least time consuming manner? Will it serve a common
purpose? Ask yourself these questions.
5. After you have examined your idea critically, you are now
ready to put it into action.
6. Determine the method of how this idea will be carried out.

• Try and experiment on new and untried methods

• Modify existing methods
 A. ENCOURAGING THE PROPENSITY TO INNOVATE

7. Develop the courage and determination to accomplish what

you have started.
8. Anticipate objections and learn to hand these objections
properly.
9. Don’t be afraid or ashamed of criticisms. Listen more to
negative feedback and learn from it.
10.Don’t despair if you idea fails the first time around. These is
always the second time, and the third and so on. Keep on
trying.
 B. WAYS OF IMPROVING ONE’S ABILITIES

Improvement is the very foundation of success. You can

not advance or progress unless you improve your personality
and your abilities. There are more than a thousand ways of
improving your abilities but the following guidelines may be
helpful.

1. Be humble. Always consider yourself as a beginner.

Remember that there is always some room for improvement.
2. Develop your Positive Mental Attitude (PMA). Always think
that you can do almost anything but never assumer that you
know everything.
3. Be aware of your strong points and develop them to your
advantage. On the other hand, be willing to modify your
weak points.
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4. Be optimistic and never underestimate yourself.

5. Build u your self-confidence.
6. Practice open-mindedness.
7. Associate with people. One of the best ways to improve your
personality is by mingling with people form all walks of life.
8. Never be ashamed to ask those in authority if you wish to
know more about something.
9. Widen your knowledge through reading magazines, books,
newspapers and other worthy reading materials.
10.Try to always see the moral lesson in every mistake that you
commit. Learning through your mistakes makes you’re a
learned person.