Have you ever had so many great ideas that you are just about to explode? You have at least 13, number one best selling ideas… now if only you could implement them. Then, as if by magic, number 14 pops in your head and you are off running in that direction?
I recently attended a seminar for internet marketers and it seemed that about 90% of the people were suffering from a phrase I coined while there, “Entrepreneurial ADD”, it just seemed that there was no other way to describe it. And believe me; if they didn’t arrive that way, they left that way.
The problem is not with the ideas themselves, but the way in which you react when you have the idea.
One very successful marketer I know used to have a slew of ideas all day long, and her desk and brain looked like the wires behind my TV…with the TiVo, stereo, TV, DVD, PS2, Wii and god only knows what else all making one huge rats nest on the floor. Really, I dread getting a new TV because I have will have to figure what wires go where, there are probably wires that aren’t connected to anything, but are just back there adding to the
mess.
She eventually decided that manila folders were the way to go, and would write down everything and make files for future projects, ones that would parallel what she was working on, etc, this way nothing was lost.
Sometimes when she would go back through the file she would find the “cable that was not connected to anything” and either get rid of it, or send it to a place for later use. You just have to be careful you don’t unplug the TV, or none of the other cords matter, because though the DVD player may be functioning properly, it doesn’t really matter if you can’t hear the sound or see the picture.
If your ideas are not laid out in an organized fashion, you will not have been able to go back and implement them.
I personally happen to be a list maker; my family laughs because I sometimes have a list of my lists.
Now I am not saying that manila folders or lists longer than Santa’s are the way to go for you, but figure out what works to keep you on task.
Just because you have a great idea today does not mean you have to drop everything and act on it right away.
Remember everything in its own time…and not everything’s time can be today.
- Meredith
entrepreneur, focus, home based business ideas, internet business, success
I've got it BAD!
Besides having too many pots cooking on the stove at the same time, I've always got more money making ideas than I can possible implement. It's a balancing act to focus my attention on the ones that make the most money the fastest.
Jackie Lange
Kevin,
Great post — boy do I ever suffer from Entrepreneurial ADD. One way I deal with the constant creative ideas coming into my head is I make mini one-page synopsis of the business or idea and save it as a PDF and file it in the Idea Folder.
By doing this I get the idea out of my head and thus can focus on my current idea. Its great too, because come a day that I need an idea I can just go through the Idea Folder and see what project I'd like to build or create next.
J
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