Please choose an episode to listen to here by selecting a tab; check out episodes from other brilliant guests using the links in the left hand column; and subscribe via iTunes for future episodes.
Chris Hawker
Inventor
Chris Hawker is the CEO of Trident Design, LLC. a modern invention lab transforming every day tools into something more exciting, something worth getting excited about! Chris has a lifelong passion for design and function, a passion
which he has channeled into the creation of products that reflect his
optimistic world view and belief in a better future.
Chris and his team have invented some really cool consumer products like the PowerSquid, The Onion Goggles, The Thirsty Light, and many others. His products are featured at major retailers like Walmart and Target and have been featured in all the major media. Chris has both licensed his inventions as well as taken them to market himself from idea, through design and production and into distribution. Chris says, "If we aren't learning something new, we are wasting our time."
Chris is currently sharing his ideas in a series of web seminars on the topic of invention.
Click here to get your copy of the e-book - The Inventor's Mind, 10 Steps to Making Money From Your Inventions
Follow Chris on Twitter.
Just some of the inventions from Trident Design:
Listen using the player below, click here, or subscribe via iTunes.
In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews Successful Inventor Chris Hawker, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Awareness in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Awareness for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
Interact with Chris and Jim with your questions. Click here and comment on the blog post.
Listen using the player below, click here or subscribe via iTunes.
In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews Successful Inventor Chris Hawker, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Curiosity in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Curiosity for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- Curiosity = Opportunity
- Mundane = Interesting ???
- Prototyping
- Engineering is not design
- Are you ready for the answer?
- The mindset for feedback
- The stepping stone to an idea
- What's the purpose?
Interact with Chris and Jim with your questions. Click here and comment on the blog post.
Listen using the player below, click here or subscribe via iTunes.
In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews Successful Inventor Chris Hawker, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Focus in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Focus for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- god is in the details
- Integral design
- What's the guiding principle?
- Is the lone inventor an old idea?
- The inventor's primary purpose
- Visualization techniques
Interact with Chris and Jim with your questions. Click here and comment on the blog post.
Listen using the player below, click here or subscribe via iTunes.
In this episode of Personal Brilliance – Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews Successful Inventor Chris Hawker, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Initiative in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Initiative for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- An idea is worth very little
- Feeling brilliant isn't the goal
- Action moves you down the path
- One foot in front of the other
- Inventions can take years
- An invention services company isn't necessarily the answer
- It's definitely not easy
- Perfect - how do you define it?
- Getting the product to market
Interact with Chris and Jim with your questions. Click here and comment on the blog post.
This is the complete Chris Hawker Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical interview with Jim Canterucci.
Listen using the player below or click here.