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An Idea Is an Idea. What Are You?
If you want ideas to grow, grow yourself
Draw a dot on a piece of paper and ask people what they see. Some will notice absolutely nothing, others will observe some sort of disturbance, while others will welcome the dot as an invitation to play and immediately start seeing a host of possibilities: a black hole, the drop from a cup, a homeless ant, etc.
What would you see?
The dot is a dot, but also an endless potential waiting to be unfolded. You can either reject it as a disturbance, or welcome it as an opportunity to play, learn and create.
Your choice depends on what you think, feel and believe.
Next scene. You present a new idea to two colleagues. One finds the idea fantastic, the other calls it hopeless. Same idea, different reactions. What happens?
Every idea we become aware of has been filtered through numerous brain circuits and bypassed mental barriers of ignorance, assumption, emotional attachment, and belief. Learned patterns from the past that either make us feel attracted to an idea or repelled by it.
When you become aware of an idea, it has already been labeled good or bad, relevant or irrelevant, promising or disappointing. Automatically and unconsciously, your brain chose your attitude towards…
