General

One of the main things in life is to differentiate between trivial and important. Look at any of our work areas.

In a job, if we are stuck with clutter, politics, or daily menial tasks we are doomed because there will be no growth.

In-home, if we are stuck with household work and couldn’t reach daily important tasks like spending quality time with family, in long run it will lead to unhappiness.

In sports, if we are stuck keep learning the basics, and do not practice the important moves, no learning, and no growth.

In a startup, as a leader, if we cannot differentiate the clutter and low priorities with higher and impactful tasks, we will be left behind and fail.

The clear sign to identify whether we are doing trivial or critical/essential things is seeing our own growth. So keep a close eye on your growth.

It’s simple no growth, no glory!

A powerful idea makes all the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful person, team, or company.

An idea is “A thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action” – It stresses the process of imagining or formulating rather than the result.

And once an idea is executed properly it gives us a leap of growth in that area of our life, taking us to the next level.

Most of the successful people have constantly found and applied ideas in their life and hence become successful. Be it in science, art , sports, finance, business or their personal life.

How to generate ideas:

Contrary to the belief that it has to do with high IQ, it’s, in general, more to do with the presence of mind. History has proven that grounded people with dedicated efforts generate better ideas. Here are the key ingredients for generating good ideas: 

Constant Motivation

Necessity is the mother of all inventions. We should be motivated either internally or externally. Also should have the passion and doggedness to follow thru our hearts.

Free Mind

Ideas flow in free mind.

It’s not possible to have a good thought process with a cluttered mind. If we are bogged down with stress, tension, or negative emotions, it will hinder the free flow of thoughts. 

Only a controlled and focused mind can generate better ideas. 

Be it meditation, soothing music, or morning prayers, whatever calms our mind and helps us focus.

Exercise – A healthy body

For a healthy mind, we need a healthy body, and exercising is the best way to keep fit. Whether it’s long walks or running it doesn’t matter as long as physical exercise is part of the daily regime.

Varied Knowledge and Interests

Apart from constant learning in the field where we want to generate ideas. It’s a huge advantage to gain knowledge in other work areas that is not related to ours.

For example, if you are an entrepreneur, it opens a new perspective if you learn guitar or any musical instrument. It broadens our horizons and empowers us to have different thought processes. 

Some of the activities that helps:

• Reading Books (Possibly from wide variety of subjects)

• Learning different Languages (Each languages gives different prospectives) 

• Learning Music or Creative Art etc (Learning other creative areas of work)

Anything that allows us to dip into and learn other work areas.

Courage

To think of an idea sometimes we need to break the mold, be courageous,  be stupid and be bold to try things that have never been tried before. 

Courage and lateral way of thinking is critical for ideas to flow in.

Environment

As they say, you are what surrounds you. Our chances of creating new ideas and pursuing them improve if we have peers, a social circle, or an environment that embraces new ideas.

Creators, Designers, Chefs, Programmers, Individual Contributors….

They have the power to create something thru their skills, be it program, design, food, clothes that others can use.

Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Managers, Business Owners….

They use other’s powers to create and build something that others use.

Yes, there are commonalities, but one is incomplete without the other. Need both (Mix n match) to grow and make a difference.

A sign of a good leader is not how many followers you have, but how many leaders you create

Here is the definition of “Addiction” – “the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity.”

In the case of “Thinking“: Mind’s condition of “nonstop thinking” is an addiction.

How much thinking we do on daily basis? Look at the hours we spent on thinking about oneself, what we did, what shouldn’t do, what we had done, how we can change this, what others are thinking about us. Blah, Blah, Blah…Mind just keeps rambling about all the things, true, untrue and more…

How can we stop thinking and start doing actions? Maybe cut the thoughts and just live the moment. Why shouldn’t we set hours, do things, to act, without thinking, without judging?

Imagine how a child interacts with surroundings without thinking and enjoying everything, this is one of the reasons children can do a lot of activities without even getting tired once, but we over think everything and get  addictive to use similar like other addictions like food and alcohol, although for this an Addiction Treatment Rehab Centre can help us.

Thinking drains so much of our energy, as it drags us to mindless loop and specifically if its negative or worrisome thoughts? How can we get rid of these looping thoughts of negativity or worrying?

I think (What a dilemma I am still thinking :)) We can accomplish a lot of things if we just take up actions, without thinking and blocking ourselves. What do you say?