What to do with a new idea?

If you're like me you have ideas popping into your head all the time. So, here's the first question: What should we do with them?

The way I see it you have two basic options. You can either share them with others (boy is this risky) or you can write them down somewhere and forget about them (safe and highly confidential). During most of my adult life, I have chosen the latter. The problem is that this safe route is very unsatisfying. Since my ideas make me who I am over time, not sharing or acting on any of them leaves one (me) feeling repressed, tired and unsatisfied.

Now for the second question: Why don't we share them or act on them? From my experience, they are either not big enough, are too personal or (this is the scary one) are so interesting that the slightest hint to others will create a storm of activity thereby trouncing my "first to market" status. That is either ego, fear or ignorance talking but regardless fear of letting my ideas out of the bag has kept me from expressing myself.

What do you do with your ideas?

Comments

[Martin Bishop]

Welcome to the world of blogging, Tim. You're off to a good start!

[TTS]

Thank you, Martin. It has been a lot of fun so far, for sure! Thanks for checking it out . . .