I think it’s better to attract inspiration, but sometimes you have no other option than chasing inspiration down in order to catch some creative ideas. There are mythological forest spirits made of light called Will O’ The Wisps that lure unsuspecting mortals into the woods in order to drive them mad or have them wander […]
Your idea doesn’t need to be new in order to be successful. If I asked you to think about the movie Cinderella, what image springs to mind? Is it the classic Disney animated version from 1950? Perhaps the 1997 Rogers and Hammerstein Cinderella musical is what you thought of. I imagine a few of you […]
I think life is a constant stream of asking and answering the question “What’s Next?” When you’re at the start of project (hearing an idea you like for the very first time) and you want to put that idea into action as soon as possible, you’ll typically ask “What’s Next?” — as in “what’s the […]
Sure, change is inevitable — but how about you go first? People might not like the way things are, but it’s a lot easier to complain about stuff than to make any improvements. This article continues the break down of dealing with the individual fears that prevent people from taking action on ideas with today’s […]
A while back I wrote an article with reasons why people fear new ideas. I recently shared the article with a new audience and a couple people asked me how I dealt with those fears myself and how I was able to overcome them with prospects who might be hesitating in moving forward with a […]
If you have to force yourself to focus on a project and it feels like you’re swimming against the current in order to make any progress, perhaps you need to set it aside for a little bit and see where the flow wants to take you. Doing important work is challenging enough without fighting against […]
You don’t think NASA just wheels a rocket out to the launch pad, counts backward from 10, and hits a big red button, do you? There is a lot of thought and preparation that goes into launching a rocket (and people!) into space. Launching ideas isn’t rocket science As opposed to launching real vessels into […]