Start Working on Your Idea Right Away
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007Today I read an entertaining article about implementing your ideas. So the gist of the article can be outlined as follows: do not concentrate on planning only waiting for your enthusiasm to go, but just do it!
Whenever I browse multiple sites with lots of bits of information, I get overwhelmed by ideas how to make this and that, and if the ideas are important enough, I write them down in my notebook, just to leave them there unnoticed for months. Then, when I look through my diaries, I encounter a lot of stuff that I never use. Those ideas become either dead or inspire so little enthusiasm in myself that I really lack any energy to start outlining them and planning.
Thus, I suggest the following approach to new ideas:
1. Figure Out Whether The Idea Corresponds to Your Values and Goals
If it is not important enough or just caters to your present-moment whims, it is likely you will not ever come back to it. In my opinion, when you start anything and promise yourself to complete the task, and then fail doing it, you jeopardize your internal integrity of personality. Look at your idea from larger time frame values. Will it be of importance to you in the future? How will it improve your life or lives of other people?
2. Clearly Outline The Result.
Begin with the end in mind. Imagine how it feels when the work is complete. What do you expect to see in the end? What are your feelings at the outcome? If this is a book, imagine holding it in your hands, how beatiful the cover is. As you turn the pages, you smell pages, feel them. Imaging presenting your book to a friend. How grateful he is after reading it. This gives you enthusiasm to go on and finish your task.
3. Analyze How Much Time, Efforts, Money, Other People’s Work Is Needed To Finish It.
Keep it simple enough. Outline a few basic terms and resources. If this is not a task for one person, think about others who can offer professional help.
4. Start To Work.
I am a quick starter. Even though a little planning and analyzing are crucial for any multiple-step task, I prefer to stick to my inner inspiration and intuition. Make first 3 steps quickly enough to preserve your enthusiasm. Remember that if a bumblebee analyzed its ability to fly from scientific approach, it would never even try to fly.
So - go on with great determination and let all your great ideas succeed!
