Why it is time for you to harvest more good ideas.
Good ideas are everywhere. Like oxygen and excuses. That’s because people have good ideas all the time, and they are happy to share them with you. In fact, a good idea is the thing people are quickest to share. Because people don’t want to keep good ideas to themselves. It is only through sharing your good ideas that your ideas get validated, like parking. It is only through sharing a good idea that you are given credit for being smart, creative or insightful. Or for being good at evading the law.
Are You Gonna Come My Way?
People share their good ideas with me all the time. Some share because I am an entrepreneur. And entrepreneurs are known for bringing good ideas to life, like General Electric. People share with us either because they want advice on how to bring their idea to life, or because they are hoping that we will bring their idea to life because they don’t have the time, money or energy to do it themselves. Which is kind of like giving your idea up for adoption, because you know you are not fit to raise the idea on your own. Yet you don’t want to terminate your idea either. #ProIdea vs #MyIdeaMyChoice
Another reason people share their good ideas with me is because I am a professional creative thinker. I lead the advertising and ideas agency The Weaponry. So when you think of a great idea, you naturally want to share it with someone who will recognize it and appreciate you for coming up with it. People also know that I will have ideas on what they should do next. Kinda like the owl that those kids asked how many licks it took to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop. (Drop the answer in the comments if you know.)
The third and perhaps most important reason people share good ideas with me is because I am looking for them. It’s the law of attraction. They come my way because I am coming their way. And we meet in the middle, like Parker McCollum and Maren Morris.
Why You Should Harvest Good Ideas.
Ideas create opportunities. They make things easier. They make things more enjoyable. They create more Wow in your world. And they offer more ways to make money than The Mint. (Actually, The Mint only makes money the coiny way and the bulliony way.)
But good ideas also offer clues, instructions, blueprints or templates on how to create more good ideas. Because the same insight, combination, application or exploration that led to one good idea can help create more. You can always reverse engineer a good idea, and once you discover the process, you can apply it to create countless others. Which means that when you collect good ideas you are also collecting keys to unlock more good ideas.
Key Takeaway
To live a successful, creative and interesting life, become an idea harvester. Look for them. Go where they grow. Spend time with idea creators. And move through the world like a combine moves through a field of corn, wheat, soybeans, or AI-generated light bulb plants. Pick all the ideas you can. Collect them. Polish them. Combine them in new and novel ways. And they will create more value than anything else can.
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Originally published at http://adamalbrecht.blog on October 22, 2024.