Have Any Ideas?
Where are my visionaries out there?
How many ideas do you have in the notes app on your phone that have never seen the light of day? How many ideas have you kept from the world because you haven’t really gone for it yet?
Maybe it’s just a new offer, but one that really lights you up. Or a brand new business idea. Or a new arm to your existing business. Or a complete change to your way of life, doing exactly what you want to do.
That used to be me. 2018 was the year that I actually picked ONE idea, ran with it and it has completely changed my life.
But that used to be me. I got way into the ‘invention convention’ in 7th grade, my project consisted of welding together an alarm clock and a tape recorder (obviously this was before voice notes and iphones) so that when you had ideas at night, you could record them into the tape recorder and when the alarm went off in the morning it would play back the recording to you.
I had sticky notes in my dorm room in college filled with product ideas. My mom gave me a 'Fucking Brilliant' notebook when I went off to my corporate career that was filled with ideas for memberships and courses for 5 years that were sent there to die.
My notes app has seen business plans for loads of things; from baby food businesses, clothing lines, apps and inventions... seriously I just went scrolling through these and some of these are dynamite.
I was totally unfulfilled in my career, and my 'out' and the answer to all of this was with me the whole time. I just had to DO something about it, but I didn't. I didn’t believe I knew enough, was expert enough, was old enough, or smart enough to go for it. Until, I decided that none of that mattered.
I could help people, and I was being ridiculous (and selfish) hiding something from the world just because I was afraid to put myself out there. I still don’t have it all figured out, but if you wait until you have it all figured out you’ll never start. Nothing is ever 'all figured out'.
Let Newton’s law of motion work for you. An object in motion stays in motion. This is your year. Get moving. You owe it to yourself and the people you can help.