All it takes is one idea to solve an impossible problem.
Robert Schuller
Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.
Jim Rohn
Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
Albert Einstein
An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.
Arnold H. Glasgow
Passion
The following is a great description of passion taken from Seth Godin’s latest book Linchpin:
Passion is a desire, insistence, and willingness to give a gift. The artist is relentless. She says, “I will not feel complete until I give a gift.” This is more than refusing to do lousy work. It’s an insistence on doing important work.
The relentless passion leads to persistence and resilience in the face of people not accepting your gift.
The artists in your life are gift-focused, and their tenacity has nothing at all to do with income or job security. Instead, it’s about finding a way to change you in a positive way, and to do it with a gift. There’s a strong streak of intellectual integrity involved in being a passionate artist. You don’t sell out, because selling out involves destroying the best of what you are….
“Wait! Are You Saying That I Have to Stop Following Instructions and Start Being an Artist? Someone Who Dreams Up New Ideas and Makes Them Real? Someone Who Finds New Ways to Interact, New Pathways to Deliver Emotion, New Ways to Connect? Someone Who Acts Like a Human, Not a Cog? Me?”
Yes.
I’d like to know…
In which ways are you an artist?
Ideas drive dreams.
In this very brief, classic clip, Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, talks about the importance of stealing great ideas.
I’d like to know…
Are you comfortable stealing great ideas? Why or why not?
To me, business isn’t about wearing suits and pleasing stockholders. It’s about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.
Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.
