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What is ININ?

Pronounced I-N-I-N, ININ stands for Innovate Infinitely. Never stop innovating life. Always find better ways to improve your life. Look at today's way of living compared to, say, 5 years ago or 10 years ago. How has life improved? Automobiles, computers, communications, entertainment, foods, health, knowledge, music, photography, video games, furniture, medicine, cookware, toys, art, internet, sports, clothing, light bulbs, etc.

Specific examples? Here are a few from the above: fuel efficient cars, bigger hard drives, wireless phones, DVDs, bottled water, digital photography, 3D video games, interactive board games, lighter-weight jackets that better protects from the cold, energy efficient light bulbs, etc.

Am I really changing my life? In my viewpoint, the answer is no. The word "change" contains a negative stigma when a person wants to change. When a person says, "I'm going to change (insert change here)," the negative stigma is something terrible is happening or happened, and the person wants to stop and change. For example, "I'm going to change my eating habits", "I'm going to change the way I raise my children", "I'm going to change my appearance", "I'm going to change my way of communicating to people", etc.

I think people are good. Good people should not change themselves. Good people should innovate themselves. Does "I'm going to innovate my eating habits" sound better than "I'm going to change my eating habits?" I think so. Another statement I hear is, "I can't make everyone happy (or satisfy everyone)." The better statement is in the form of a question, "How can I make more people happy (or like me or make more people relate to me)." Innovating takes the something good of a person and makes the something better. Nobody doesn't want to stop something good.

When the something is innovated and becomes better, don't stop innovating. Innovate again, and again, and again. The automobile never stops innovating. Does anyone want to drive a car built in the 1920s on Interstate 5 in Central California today? Always be perceptive to find ways to innovate and become a better, more effective person.

Dilbert creator Scott Adams portrayed change can be bad. Comic dated January 23, 2005.

Don't change to do something different. Innovate to be better at something.

Where did I think up ININ?

I was driving to Japantown in San Jose, California on November 2000. The two words "Innovate" and "Infinitely" came to my mind. I said both words together which became my official webpage theme on April 22, 2001.

Why did I create ININ?

When I was in high school and college, I followed "the system:" take college preparatory courses, get good grades, score high on the SAT, graduate high school, go to college and choose a major, get good grades, graduate college, find a job, and make a living.

Don't get the wrong message. It's important to get an education. When I followed the system, the system failed to teach me to innovate--find ways to improve myself beyond what I learned in the classrooms. Anyone can follow the system and become successful. Good people who follow the system can't go wrong. Great people who follow the system and create, innovate infinitely, and expand themselves can create more opportunities and more options to become successful. In other words, great people who master a job find new opportunities to move on or to move up, find new challenges, find something new to learn--they don't stick around for the gold watch.

ININ web site reminds me and the visitors to innovate life daily. Life never stops innovating and people should not stop innovating also. I want to inspire people to become better people--never stop innovating.

Who are some best examples of people who ININ?

Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Henry Ford, Peter Lynch, John Rockefeller, Steven Spielberg, Ray Kroc, Walter Hewlett & David Packard, Sam Walton, Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, and many more.

How do I ININ?

I answer the question by showing how I ININ,

2008

• Read The Age Of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan, Gamble To Win Craps by R.D. Ellison, The Dangerous Book For Boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden, The Darling Book For Girls by Andrea Buchannan and Miram Peskowitz, and How To Master The Art Of Selling by Tom Hopkins
• Learned sewing

• Read Unlimited Power by Tony Robbins, Business @ The Speed Of Thought by Bill Gates, and The Eye Of The Storm by Robert Slater
• Purchased my first car, a 2005 Toyota Camery
• Hired as a contractor at Cisco Systems, Inc.
• Recorded my first video blog. I plan to make more.
• Learned Adobe Acrobat 7.0 more than just printing and editing .pdf files
• Wearing braces to improve my smile and appearance

• Read Moneyball by Michael Lewis and The Art of War by Sun Tzu
• Attended Business Plan class at De Anza College Winter Quarter
• Took Crystal Reports XI Beginner Training (and I continue my training outside work)
• Walked in the San Francisco Cherry Blossom Festival Parade as a cosplayer
• Visited Santa Cruz, CA on a work day. Plan to visit more often. Last time I visited was 2001.

• Read Good to Great by Jim Collins, The Art of Hugging by William Cane, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley, Shuffle Up And Deal by Mike Sexton, Built To Last by Jim Collins, Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki, and How To Invest In Real Estate With Little Or No Money Down by Robert Irwin
• Vacationed in Washington and Oregon in the United States and British Coumbia in Canada
• Learned Structured English Query Language or SEQUEL or SQL for short by reading Learning SQL by Sikha Bagui
• Hosted a panel titled "Anime Fans Over 30" and Texas Hold'em tournaments at Fanime Con 2005
• Created an ININ Blog titled "Innovating Common Knowledge" located here
• Dressed in a second costume as an anime character or cosplaying
• Purchased a laptop to assist learning anything technology related including JavaScript, ASP.Net, and the latest hardware and software

• Created my new web page with a domain name
• Vacationed at Las Vegas
• Took Graphics for Communicators Using Illustrator and Photoshop course
• Read One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch, The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, Negotiating For Your Life by Nicole Schapiro, Negotiating For Dummies by Michael and Mimi Donaldson, Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive by Harvey Mackay, Bringing Down The House by Ben Mezrich, and Mistakes That Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones (Bringing Down The House is a great book to learn about Las Vegas Blackjack)
• Dressed in a costume as an anime character or cosplaying

• Read Beating The Street by Peter Lynch, Prophecy and Retire Young, Retire Rich by Robert Kiyosaki, and Who's Looking Out For Me by Bill O'Reilly
• Vacationed at Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon, and visited the Huntington Library and Hoover Dam
• Took 25+ Internet Marketing Techniques and High Impact Negotiations courses
• Started to learn how to cook
• First experience as a seller outside eBay selling used items in a swap meet
• Attended seminars on Cashflow, Technical Analysis, and Taxes For Businesses

• Read Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
• Took JavaScript course
• Started buying and selling on eBay
• Started taking self-paced investment courses on Charles Schwab's web site

• Modified my gym regime to include the treadmill
• Took Photoshop and Dreamweaver courses
• Read Don't Sweat The Small Stuff . . . And It's All Small Stuff by Richard Carlson and Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out Into The Real World by Maria Shriver
• Learned how to change motor oil in a car
• Vacationed at Seaworld, San Diego Zoo, and Reno, Nevada

It takes time--a lot of time to ININ. Be patient. Innovation can't be rushed.

When do I start ININ?

After you read the following statement: Never stop innovating . . . Innovate Infinitely.

History

February 2006: ININ received 100,000 visitors.

February 2005: ININ received 10,000 visitors.

August 2004: ININ received 1,000 visitors.

May 1, 2004: I moved out of www.geocities.com/raym61/ and moved in to a new web host with a new domain name www.innovateinfinitely.com and a new acronym ININ.

April 22, 2001: Innovate Infinitely became my web page theme and my guiding words in my life. I have added lots of information, experiences, and fun stuff on my web page.

March 4, 1998: many family, friends, and acquaintances' had personal web pages. Succumbing to peer pressure :-) and unsuccessful in finding a job, I purchased a book on HTML. After finishing the book, I signed up at www.geocities.com to host my web page.

Contact Information

Email address is webmaster@innovateinfinitely.com.