Prioritize the Hell out of your Ideas, They’ll Taste Better
Here’s the situation:
All day long I think about ideas. I have a million ideas. I am juggling between a dozen projects right now. I’m in over my head but I simply must explore all of my ideas or I won’t become a successful entrepreneur. I’m a genius and I’m going to make a killing by building a ton of successful companies with all these awesome ideas. YAY! YAY!
Whooaa… Slow down… Take a step back buddy
Thinking like that isn’t only going to bring about a heart attack and mental breakdown, but it’s going to lead to failures upon failures. I know that it feels great to have a bunch of great ideas, but it’s all about the prioritization of those ideas and the delicate choosing of which ones to explore, and how much energy to devote to each.
This may hurt, but I have to say it
Forget 99% of your ideas and choose “1” to explore, then throw your heart into it. This may not make sense to many of you; you may think that you can handle the difficult task of turning more that one idea into something big, but it’s the wrong route to go down.
It’s not about how many ideas you have; it’s all about the implementation of one great idea that you believe truly holds merit and promise. You can’t do them all at once and thinking that you can may increase your ego, but trust me, it’ll decrease your chances of success.
Just one, eh?
Yes, just one my friend. Muster all that passion, that love, and that enthusiasm within your body and catapult it into that idea. Sure, you run the risk (as we all do) that the idea won’t amount to anything and then – only then – you may wish to move onto the next.
But in order to work up to your fullest potential and your creative/innovative energy, you must dedicate yourself to one idea and work the $%&* out of that idea.
Sandwich anyone?
Don’t spread yourself too thin. Just grab your knife and dip it into a huge tub of creativity and passion and sprinkle on some determination and ambition and you’ll have the best tasting and most promising idea to work with.
On the other hand, that idea is going to taste like garbage if you only put a thin layer of passion and energy on it.
Rock on.
