Acting on Ideas
I’ve got a lot of ideas for various web applications, online communities and business opportunities. When I started writing these all down about a year ago I figured it would be something I’d stick with temporarily, but lose track of. Luckily I haven’t and I’ve managed to grow my list from a few concepts to about a dozen very well thought out ideas.
I really enjoy going through my list every once and a while improving, changing and evaluating my ideas, but I’ve recently been trying to actually act on them. I’ve found that implementing these ideas is by far the most challenging part.
Maybe I’m wrong but I think a lot of people feel like they’re particularly talented in some respect, but they just don’t have any good ideas. They’re great at wood working, but they can’t come up with an interesting design, so they don’t start. My advice to this person would be to come up with some design and build that table. Chances are they’ll find out that they’re not as talented as they thought, and they’ll learn things along the way. Add the benefit of the sense of accomplishment and it’s a great experience.
My whole point is, if you feel like you’re in a rut, or you’re unhappy with your job or you’re just feeling like you’re floating through life not really doing anything, grab onto an idea you’ve got and see it through to the end. You’ll be motivated to do it all over again, you’ll learn something and you will feel good about yourself.
