Seeking Clarity

I hear a lot of good ideas. (Yes, nearly everyone I meet I ask what they would work on if they had all the time and resources to make it happen.)

I see a lot of people quickly give up on their good ideas because when they communicated them, they didn’t communicate them clearly and got discouraged.

Certainly if you can’t communicate your idea, it’s not a good one, right?

You see where I’m going here.

We need to surround ourselves with people who don’t criticize our ideas, but point out the spaces which aren’t clear.

When people ask about your idea, (usually) they’re not trying to break you; they’re sharing their confusion with you.

When I ask a question to flush out someone’s idea and I know they can’t respond immediately, I say, “you don’t need to respond right now. Think about it differently and get back to me later.” Sadly, few understand clarity is something figured out over time.

For now, know you have permission to go back to the drawing board, you have permission to suck, you have permission to think about it a bit more.

For great (not just good!) ideas follow these steps:

1) share your ideas

2) listen to people’s confusion so you know what you need to clarify

3) break. think about things differently

4) share your idea again

5) repeat steps 2-5

 

Stay Positive & Please Don’t Get Held Up On Step 1

The Green Light

The Green Light

Go Do SomethingWho are you waiting for to turn the light green for you? Who are you waiting to tell you to GO? Whose validation are you waiting to receive before you start moving forward, before you launch, before you step on the gas?

If the answer isn’t “myself,” then you’ve given too much power to someone who doesn’t need it and who will only abuse it .

Don’t wait for anyone to give you permission, to pick you, to say your idea is worthy. Find out for yourself. Better yet, go make it worthy.

 

Stay Positive & You Control The Light, You Control The Worth

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Nothing Works. Really, It Does.

No post lined up for today.

No great ideas today either. Good ones, but not great.

So instead of writing about a good idea. I’m choosing nothing. Because when people expect great and all you have is good, nothing is a better choice.

There’s overselling (1), underselling (2) and not selling at all (3).

Now rank them in their importance to you.

 

Stay Positive & Nothing Isn’t Always Just Safe, Sometimes It’s Smart

Garth E. Beyer