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Why? Isn't one idea enough? Do you want to be rich? Or do you want to be an artist?
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.Are you keeping an idea journal? Are you writing it all down? That really helps me
'm re-reading your post after a while... What have you done with the ideas you came up with day after day? Are you still coming up with 10 ideas every day? Have you started a new business? Have you invented a new product? Have you figured out how to make your bed every day and pick up after yourself -- if so, I have some men in my life for you share with! Have you changed your thinking about the world? Is this exercise an end unto itself? What are the trends in your idea log? Have you identified some progressive lines of thinking -- where one idea leads to another? Has that caused any break-through ideas to come out?
I don't try for your kind of volume of ideas. But, I am a great observer of the world around me. I like to marry two or more stand-alone ideas. My favorite definition of genius is the person who takes common elements and puts them together or uses them in unique ways. I want to be that person.
I find that my creative ideas come in groups... they are threads that lead to new ideas and ways of thinking. Go back and study your lists. Look for trends and relationships. Sleep on it. Daydream. Give yourself the time and space for your mind to work through the possibilities. The process takes quiet contemplation. Just don't force the process. I LOVE those ah-ha moments when things finally come together.I have large notepad which is basically my idea notepad. I prefer having a large one as if I have an idea I start drawing it out and it really helps me to visualise it.
I haven't come up with 10 ideas each day, but I am achieving it every other day and it's led me to start a new podcast which I'm recording first next week and I have an idea that I'm starting to build out for a subscription business. Both these ideas stemmed from writing down ideas and getting the creative juices flowing.
Marrying two stand-alone ideas can make you come up with some weird and wonderful stuff!!
Thoughts for ideas come when you want to improve something or make it easier to use. Expand the consumption of a narrowly directed object and then it will be much easier to come up with an idea.Hi Everyone,
I'm on a mission to become an idea machine and I'm challenging myself to come up with 10 ideas everyday. I'm curious to see how you might come up with ideas.
Here's how I do it so far:
My aim is to build a strong idea muscle through working it out everyday that I will find an idea that I'll be confident enough to being me to the fastlane.
- Idea sex: mix two random products together = ?'s
- Problem based: Either through my own problems, or asking questions to friends and families about their problems
- "Wouldn't it be great if....".... finish the sentence with what product or service you think would be great
- Imagining the future: What do you think the future will look like and what products and services will need to be around to support it
- Reverse imagination: What things do we use/or do that people will look back on in 10 years time and think, "wow, that was stupid" (such as reading maps!)
- Plus just general lists like:
- Ideas for a podcast
- Things that annoy me
- Things that would make me laugh
- Ideas for TV shows or movies
How do you come up with ideas?
Is it bad that reading this gave me a very plausible idea that I’ve been dealing with for the past 4 years, that I’m going to look at and very literally scratch?2. What itch of your own, can you scratch?
I have so many ideas, ideas, ideas...it's almost a burden. Because the choice becomes much harder.
Ideas are a dime a dozen. It's execution that counts. When it comes to ideas where I think: "Wow, there's real value to be created", they come from consumer complaints.
Ideas are all around you every day. The important thing you have to teach yourself is awareness. My best source of ideas was one of my ex-girlfriends. She was so often frustrated with the products she used and vented about it. All I had to do was listen.
BTW: A lot of people think they aren't creative. But they are. When I taught business, I sent teams of four outside for an hour, and they had to come back with 20 business ideas. "Impossible", they said. Oh, it is possible. But you have to kill your inner censor. We put 80 ideas on the blackboard and then voted for the best ones. Carl Barks once said: "What made me great was a big garbage bin". Same goes for ideas. Create a lot, and throw a lot of them away.
There are studies that say that too many choices cause people not to focus on one idea or solution. There are books about how people do nothing rather than making a decision. You're human. Forgive yourself and cut your list down to only a few items. Then create a plan and a timeline to try out one of your ideas. There is no perfect idea... nor business... nor plan... nor the time to start...Love this, what's your process for validation? I have really become aware that I am talking myself out of EVERY idea I have, it's like I'm waiting for "the one"...
I do have a current concept I'm working on which I am in the process of testing (via surveys, landing pages etc.) but I'm not even sure I know what result I'm looking for...
Love this, what's your process for validation?
Note to the haters before you chime in: Pre-selling is done all the time. When you order from amazon you are paying BEFORE receiving the goods (days later). When you pre-order a book ....its a pre-sale. When you buy an airline ticket for next year's vacation its a pre-sale. If the big dogs are doing it, we little validators can too.
Some of these are a little off.
You are comparing building out a full business, to products already existing and in stock or a service already running.
Currently, I am working with 21 Days to a Big Idea. Which has a lot of exercises (21 to be precise) to come up with new ideas. There are often quite challenging, but I think they have value to get your brain flowing.
I am 'stuck' on Day 13, because I am working on a new idea already I would say it is an interesting workbook, that uses a lot of the techniques mentioned in this thread in a structured way.How did this go in the end?
Lol, I love it.I was going to be silly and say 'Ok, I am looking around my desk and there is a lamp and a pair of scissors therefore... '
And then I thought I would Google scissors you can use in the dark and hey presto
There are no prices so perhaps they have been discontinued as no real market, but someone gave it a good bash.
Dan
i think the most important word should be "focus". You have decided on an idea. Focus on it till it is executed. There will always be problems to be solved. Finish one before moving to other.The challenge here is how do I stop all these ideas from filling my head & distracting me from what I should be doing?
If we lived to be a thousand & seamlessly executed every idea back to back we still wouldn't be finished by the time we died.
Just reading this, I know its been a while since you've posted. Just curious on your progress and what experiences have you had with this?Hi Everyone,
I'm on a mission to become an idea machine and I'm challenging myself to come up with 10 ideas everyday. I'm curious to see how you might come up with ideas.
Here's how I do it so far:
My aim is to build a strong idea muscle through working it out everyday that I will find an idea that I'll be confident enough to being me to the fastlane.
- Idea sex: mix two random products together = ?'s
- Problem based: Either through my own problems, or asking questions to friends and families about their problems
- "Wouldn't it be great if....".... finish the sentence with what product or service you think would be great
- Imagining the future: What do you think the future will look like and what products and services will need to be around to support it
- Reverse imagination: What things do we use/or do that people will look back on in 10 years time and think, "wow, that was stupid" (such as reading maps!)
- Plus just general lists like:
- Ideas for a podcast
- Things that annoy me
- Things that would make me laugh
- Ideas for TV shows or movies
How do you come up with ideas?
Could you please give us the link to this article?You should read J. Altucher's article again, everything is there already.
Could you please give us the link to this article?
There is some solid advice in this article, but man was it long.The Ultimate Guide for Becoming an Idea Machine - James Altucher
The way to have good ideas is to get close to killing yourself. It’s like weightlifting. When you lift slightly more than you can handle, you get stronger. In life, when the gun is to your head, you either figure it out, or you die. When you cut yourself open, you bleed ideas. If you’re …jamesaltucher.com
There is some solid advice in this article, but man was it long.
My key takeaways are:
- Exercise your brain by coming up with ideas, writing them down, then exploring them at a later time.
- Most ideas are useless and can be anything, even ideas on how to surprise someone
- Failing quickly is more important than executing quickly (boy is that true...)
What I dont agree with is the way he tries to portray faillure.
Remove the word "fail" from your vocabulary? Everything we do in life is a success?
Then he says: "Most things I try to do don’t work out as I planned", yea thats true, its also true that success without failing doesnt exist.
Not only does it preceed success, it also defines success the way that success defines failing.
If one person ultimately succeeds in some grand plan, failing each step of the way, you could argue that because it all ended well, each of these fails are actually successes in a way.
What if the grand plan doesnt work out?
What if you get other people hurt while trying to acheive something? Fail or success? Who`s point of view counts?
What if you thought it was a good idea to hike up a mountain then get yourself lost and die? Isnt that a collosal faillure?
Point is, dont remove the word "fail" from your vocabulary, this is a stupid advice.
I remember when I was in the university in my final year and I had to submit 3 prospective names for my final project title, everyone in my department had to do that and there was this ridiculous line of about 200 students all trying to submit 3 names to a lady who had to verify if those names had already been taken. I remember when it was my turn, she had this tremendously frightening frown on her face, I made up my mind that moment I was going to help her. I ended meeting a friend of mine that was in the computer science department and we worked together to create a search database where she could just put in the names of the project on the pc and verify if they'd been taken, we created a program, sold it the department and solved the problem.I don't try to come up with ideas. I try to help people. Some will say I sound like a stuck record, but there's a reason I keep bringing this up.
Challenge yourself to help 3 people each day instead of have 10 ideas a day.
Why? Business is about adding value, and getting paid. Helping people = Adding value. Having ideas is not adding value.
If I had to point you to one thing it would be this:
The amazing thing when you start helping people is that you'll eventually get better at helping people with similar problems. You'll specialise in helping people with those problems, and start becoming an authority as @eliquid suggests. If you want to grow a business then you'll help people / add value so that you get paid. As soon as you're getting paid you're on your way. As you get more and more experience helping people using your skillset then you'll get more than 10 ideas a day naturally - all related to helping those people more.
I challenge you to get paid helping someone this week. If you can't get paid, then at least go help someone this week.
Well done. I imagine that lady had to do that every year and for loads of courses.I remember when I was in the university in my final year and I had to submit 3 prospective names for my final project title, everyone in my department had to do that and there was this ridiculous line of about 200 students all trying to submit 3 names to a lady who had to verify if those names had already been taken. I remember when it was my turn, she had this tremendously frightening frown on her face, I made up my mind that moment I was going to help her. I ended meeting a friend of mine that was in the computer science department and we worked together to create a search database where she could just put in the names of the project on the pc and verify if they'd been taken, we created a program, sold it the department and solved the problem.
I still remember the look on her face when we installed the software and taught her how to use it, she had this huge smile on her face, like she couldn't believe someone created this for her, it was an amazing feeling.
That was also the first time I realized I could earn money by solving a problem and also help someone at the same time.
You can just imagine, it was a nightmare of a job for her, it was also one of those solutions that just felt so simple and obvious at the time, I always thought about why others who were more academically brilliant didn't spot it.Well done. I imagine that lady had to do that every year and for loads of courses.
Funny how no-one else in that line thought to help her. Maybe they didn’t notice as they were day-dreaming of making money, or trying to come up with business ideas.
Brilliant.You can just imagine, it was a nightmare of a job for her, it was also one of those solutions that just felt so simple and obvious at the time, I always thought about why others who were more academically brilliant didn't spot it.
It was also a lesson that I didn't have to be the best student to help someone and provide value, I just needed to solve someone else's problem
I remember when I was in the university in my final year and I had to submit 3 prospective names for my final project title, everyone in my department had to do that and there was this ridiculous line of about 200 students all trying to submit 3 names to a lady who had to verify if those names had already been taken. I remember when it was my turn, she had this tremendously frightening frown on her face, I made up my mind that moment I was going to help her. I ended meeting a friend of mine that was in the computer science department and we worked together to create a search database where she could just put in the names of the project on the pc and verify if they'd been taken, we created a program, sold it the department and solved the problem.
I still remember the look on her face when we installed the software and taught her how to use it, she had this huge smile on her face, like she couldn't believe someone created this for her, it was an amazing feeling.
That was also the first time I realized I could earn money by solving a problem and also help someone at the same time.
Or just use Excel. It has numerous functions to help find names and tag them for verification:Well done. I imagine that lady had to do that every year and for loads of courses.
Funny how no-one else in that line thought to help her. Maybe they didn’t notice as they were day-dreaming of making money, or trying to come up with business ideas.
I should really create that Excel course.Or just use Excel. It has numerous functions to help find names and tag them for verification:
How to check or find if a value is in a list in Excel?
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You can use Ctrl + F for the Find and Replace box to find individual names...
Or =IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(B2,A:A,0)),1,0) to tag items that are already in the list with '1', and those that aren't with '0'
On a side note, I didn't know how technologically backwards I was until I had to learn Excel in university...and they weren't even macros. Just your basic shit like pivot tables.
Excel should be amongst the first things taught in high school computer classes...but in my country, the few schools I know that do just forced kids to memorize coding jargon WITHOUT THE f*ckING COMPUTER.
(I know because I talked to a niece of mine)
If staff in a university don't know how to do Excel sheets, the whole place must be closed down immediately and all the money refunded to the students.
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