10th January 2011
Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a difference.
~Nolan Bushnell
We are all endowed with a great talent – the talent of thinking. Human beings are also `thinking beings' and this is what makes us unique. The human race has survived great challenges only due to our faculty of thinking. We can not only think, but can also implement the essence of thinking.
All of have the ability to think and in fact, thinking is an involuntary process. We need not do anything to think. We are always thinking. In fact whether we like it or not, we are thinking and we cannot stop to think. Idea generation is an aspect of thinking. Ideas keep popping up in our mind, whether we notice them or not. The ability to notice an idea popping up in our mind is an important ability. All of get ideas, but some of us only notice an idea. In that some, only few register the idea. In that few only very few people work on the idea. In that very few, the number of people who convert the idea into some specific action plan are rare.
This is where great people stand out differently.
It will be good idea to carry an `idea book' to document every idea which crosses our mind. At this point of time, we should not throw out any idea as stupid or silly. Once in a week or ten days, we should examine each idea and look at the feasibility of the same.
Walt Disney is known for his ability to tap the creative idea of all his people through what is called `The Disney Creative Strategy'. Curious to know what that is?
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N C Sridharan
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