No One Collects Invisible Things
"Be a collector
of good ideas, but don't trust your memory."
- Jim Rohn
(1930-2009)
American Author/Speaker
There has
always been something about collecting and collectors that amazes me. I would consider myself a collector on some
levels. I have a vast collection of
things from my life such as pictures from my children and now grandchildren. I collect postcards, books and I always like
to bring home a stone from anyplace I visit.
I know people who collect all kinds of things and to some, it is almost
an obsession. However, the thing I like
to collect the most are ideas.
The difference between
collecting postcards from that of collecting ideas is that ideas are not so
easily displayed. No one is going to ask
you if you would like to look at their ideas collection. So the question has to be asked, "How
does one collect something that cannot be seem?"
The collecting of ideas is a
long standing habit of many who have changed our world. Thomas A. Edison collected ideas; as did
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, the Wright Brothers, Steve Jobs and many
more. I know that many of you have great
and wonderful ideas every day. But, do
you collect them? Again, how does one
collect something that cannot be seem?
Here are three things you can do to make your collection of ideas
tangible and worthwhile.
#1 Create An Idea Book
One of the keys in the opening
quote by Jim Rohn is, "Don't trust your memory." It is an age old story of people who have
great ideas that excite and motivate them.
They decide that this one will be their winner and they will get right
on it. Hours or days later they try to
remember what that idea was, and it is gone.
That is the way our memory works - it leaks. Keep a small book with you at all times and
when you have a great idea, write it down right away. That way you can go back and find it when you
are ready to put it into action.
#2 Develop a Plan for Achievement
Once you have written down your idea,
take some time to plan it out. What will
you need to know, do or get in order to make this happen? What will it look like or sound like? How will this work and what is it exactly
for? These questions can help you to
develop your idea into something that will be of use. Remember, ideas take time to develop. There may be times when you don't know what
it will look like until it starts to come to life, that is okay. The key is to be developing it and making it
ready for life.
#3 Take Action On It
Nothing happens without
action. The best way to bring an idea to
life is by taking action - the sooner the better. Keep to the rule that you never leave an idea
without taking some kind of action within 24 hours. Any longer than that and you will most likely
not do anything at all. Success comes
through action alone, never in the idea itself.
Ideas, even the best of them, are only thoughts if there is no action to
back them up.
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