Write an article based on this "Learn when to give up on bad ideas. Keep your day job. Take rejection with stride."
Good inventors do not get too attached to their ideas. Not every idea you have will be a winner. Some ideas simply do not work. Be ready to give up on an idea if it's not practical.  Be willing to detach yourself from your ideas. Do not personalize rejection. Some ideas simply do not work as well as others. Becoming an inventor is about numbers. The more ideas you have, the more likely you are to find one that works. Even if you think you have a solid idea, keep your day job. You want to make sure you have a steady source of income until you start regularly making money from an invention. In the world of inventing, a lot is left up to chance. Even if you think you have an investor in your idea, a lot of could still go wrong. It may take years before you have a successful invention, so keep your day job until then. Rejection will happen along the way to success. If you want to be an inventor, you need to learn to take rejection in stride. If you do not do so, you'll have trouble succeeding in the field.   Rejection happens to everyone. Try to remember most successful people faced rejection at some point in their professional lives. Rejection is rarely personal. There are thousands of products on the market. Just because yours did not sell or appeal to anyone does not mean it was not a good idea.