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Idea Discovery – Article: 7 Powerful Reasons Why You Should Write Things Down
Make your IMPACT(c) … one idea at a time!
Here’s my Idea Discovery for today to help you do just that.
Yes, you’ve heard me say time and time again, “Write down your ideas!” for full focus and remembering. So, you know I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend this wonderful article about WHY you should write your ideas down. It aligns perfectly with my IMPACT Process. “7 Powerful Reasons Why You Should Write Things Down” by Henrik Edberg, creator of The Positivity Blog. Henrik’s blogs are motivating and inspiring, so while there, read a few more for feeling good!
You can read the article HERE
My goal is to serve you with resources and strategies that help you clarify, organize, and implement your ideas.
Stay connected with me for more Idea Discoveries.
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Sylvia Henderson, Your Idea Coach
Author: “Hey, That’s MY Idea! How to Communicate and Get Recognized for What You Know and Think”
Get Into Your January Mindset
It’s the beginning of a new year and you’ve resolved to make this year better than the last. You’ve mapped out how you’ll achieve your goals for the year and you’ve got your goals written out and posted where you’ll see them. You’ve developed your plan of action for implementing your goals and you cleared off your desk to clear out your mind. So what’s the problem? Why are you still not in action?
Could it be your frame of mind? Your mindset? It’s tough to get back to the momentum you had prior to the end-of-year holiday season. You did a great job planning and getting your physical space in order. Now you’ve got to get your mental space in order. You’ve got to get a January mindset to be in action.
Here are four points to help you get into your January mindset so that you can make this year your best ever!
1) Carve out space and time to reflect and restructure.
So many interruptions in a day and no time, it seems, to stop and reflect. The last business day in December of each year is “No Interruptions” day. (Reference: Chase’s Calendar of Events – December) This day is set aside and designated for you to claim as your special day to hang the “do not disturb” sign – figuratively or literally – to keep family and colleagues from interrupting your life this one day.
It’s January, already and you missed that day? You’ve got another chance in February. February is National Time Management Month. (Reference: Chase’s, again.)
Take time out to look back on your goals and evaluate how you fared. Examine where you are today and what you need to do for the new year. Set new goals and milestones to reach to ensure that next year on “No Interruptions” day, you are satisfied with your results.
2) Nip at a nagging point.
Habits are hard to kick. Resolutions fail because we try to tackle too much at one time. Identify one thing you want to change or improve and make your goal to tackle that one thing. For example: say you want to be a more reliable person. Define what “more reliable” really means for you. Does it mean that you want to be on time for appointments more often than you are now? If so, then make a commitment to be on time for appointments 7 out of 10 times rather than the 2 out of 10 times you are now.
3) Free your family ties.
No, I do not mean to leave your family and abandon your obligations. By freeing your family ties I mean to identify one area where, right now, you feel a family member or friend is holding you back. Does someone owe you something? Are you letting someone stay with you who you feel needs to move on? Has someone told you that you cannot do something you think you can? Identify one item for now. Decide whether you benefit more from letting the situation stand as it is or from making a change. Be direct and initiate the change.
Sometimes you need help to get past a roadblock in your life, and sometimes that roadblock is the very entity – your family – to which you are closest. Only you can decide if you are going to take the steps you need to in order to move forward with your goals. While change may hurt in the short-term, a positive change is best for the long-term.
4) Look wider, still.
A song I sing in Girl Scouts is called “Look Wider, Still”. The words are:
“When you think you’re looking wide, look wider still,
Behold the world that lies outside your window sill.
All creation from the start becomes a wonderland,
For all who learn to lend a heart before they lend a hand.
And when you’ve looked the world around, then look once more,
And find the friendship to be found, beyond your door.
You will walk the earth with pride, and never look your fill,
When you look, and look wide, and look wider, still.”
What this means for getting into the right mindset for success is to step outside your mental and physical boundaries. Read a book you have not yet read. Listen to a music genre different from your usual. Introduce yourself to a stranger at a gathering you attend and strike up a conversation. Take public transportation to the opposite end of the route to see the world beyond your neighborhood. Try something new to see if you like it. Volunteer to help without a goal to get back in return.
When you look beyond your current boundaries, you grow a little at a time without even realizing it!
Get into the right mindset for success by adopting the points above that are right for you.
Idea Discovery: 2013
For my last Idea Discovery of 2013, I thought I would review 2013 and research great ideas and innovations that came about in 2013 or in the process of coming about to inspire you to act on your ideas. Check out the websites I have listed below and hopefully something you read will ignite your imagination!
Enjoy and share!
CNN celebrates 10 emerging ideas in 2013.
Some may not come to fruition, but people are talking and that’s a step in the right direction for any and all ideas!
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The Pogie Awards – Not awarded for the best product, but for the best ideas within a product. Check it out!
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Into science? You’ll want to read the breakthroughs of 2013, including the discovery of the largest prime number!
2013 review: Top Ten Breakthroughs in Physical Science
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Here are the winners of Popular Mechanics “Breakthrough Awards”, celebrating innovative ideas across the board; not just in the garage. Love the 3D scanner!
The 10 Breakthrough Products of 2013
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Let us celebrate 10 innovators who changed the world in 2013. May be next year YOUR name will be here!
10 Innovators Who Changed the World in 2013
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Lastly, here is Time.com’s 25 Best Inventions in 2013. Some amazing stuff here!
The 25 Best Inventions of the Year 2013
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This is just a small sampling of the incredible ideas being implemented and inventions being acted upon every day. I hope that you find what I have shared inspiring and you pass it along to those who will also be inspired. Here’s to hoping all your dreams and successes come true in 2014! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
My goal is to serve you with resources and strategies that help you clarify, organize, and implement your ideas.
Stay connected with me for more Idea Discoveries.
Sylvia Henderson, Your Idea Coach
Author: “Hey, That’s MY Idea! How to Communicate and Get Recognized for What You Know and Think”
Idea Lab: One-Page Plan for the New Year (Replay)
What a great success my Idea Lab: One-Page Plan for the New Year was! I was able to help numerous people and those are the greatest rewards to me. If you missed this workshop, here is a replay of the event. I hope I can help you plan for 2014 with this process. Feedback is greatly appreciated!
Sylvia
Idea Discovery: Blog Post/Website – NORAD’s Cutting-Edge Technology Tracks Santa
Make your IMPACT(c) … one idea at a time!
Here’s my Idea Discovery for today to help you do just that.
Even though I have provided to you an Idea Discovery this week, here is a BONUS Idea Discovery, especially For the holidays. Every Christmas Eve the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracks Santa Claus using NORAD’s Santa Tracker (NTS).
Pat Fiorenza’s blog talks about the history of NORAD’s Santa Tracker and what it takes to put it all together. Enjoy this an be sure to pass it on!
My goal is to serve you with resources and strategies that help you clarify, organize, and implement your ideas.
Stay connected with me for more Idea Discoveries.
IdeaSuccessNetwork.com
Sylvia Henderson, Your Idea Coach
Author: “Hey, That’s MY Idea! How to Communicate and Get Recognized for What You Know and Think”
Idea Discovery: Article – 10 Strategies for Overcoming Creativity Block
Make your IMPACT(c) … one idea at a time!
Here’s my Idea Discovery for today to help you do just that.
Even the most creative people sometimes struggle to come up with something new, relevant and innovative. If you find yourself in this position, the tips in ‘10 Strategies for Overcoming Creativity Block‘ by Lindsay Broder, a certified professional coach and contributor to Entrepreneur.com listing might help you get out of your creativity slump. If you know someone who would find value in this article, please share it!
My goal is to serve you with resources and strategies that help you clarify, organize, and implement your ideas.
Stay connected with me for more Idea Discoveries.
www.IdeaSuccessNetwork.com
Sylvia Henderson, Your Idea Coach
Author: “Hey, That’s MY Idea! How to Communicate and Get Recognized for What You Know and Think”
Idea Discovery – Article: Innovation: It’s Not The Idea, It’s What You Do With It
Make your IMPACT(c) … one idea at a time!
Here’s my Idea Discovery for today to help you do just that.
I wanted to share this article “Innovation: It’s Not The Idea, It’s What You Do With It” by John Kotter, contributor to Forbes.com because it aligns with my IMPACT process, which takes you step-by-step to your goal of idea implementation. John shares the observations his colleague, Ken Pearlman, made at the Back End of Innovation 2013 Conference he attended, and writes about the challenges faced regarding idea innovation and implementation. The best part of this read was what was accomplished by the attendees at open, free times of discussion. This is a great article. I hope you enjoy it and share with those who will find value in it.
My goal is to serve you with resources and strategies that help you clarify, organize, and implement your ideas.
Stay connected with me for more Idea Discoveries.
IdeaSuccessNetwork.com
Sylvia Henderson, Your Idea Coach
Author: “Hey, That’s MY Idea! How to Communicate and Get Recognized for What You Know and Think”
Idea Lab: One-Page Plan for 2014
You’re planning for the new year now. (You are, aren’t you?!)
You’ve got pages of paper & notes; journals; marketing / business / product plans; recordings & other electronic notes.
Can you find everything and then make sense of it all?
On top of that, you’ve got new ideas you want to put into action right away!
Then join me Wednesday, December 18th from 7-9pm ET on-site or online LIVE!
A one-page plan lets you see everything you want – and need – to tackle the entire year at one glance!!
In this program, I will show you and have you create your one-page plan for business success and results for the new year. This is a hands-on session, whether you attend in person or participate via Livestream. You will incorporate your Sales & Marketing Plan*, Business Plan, and Personal Plan** into this tool and leave with your head start to action before the holiday season gobbles-up (pun intended) your time and attention.
The program includes snacks (just nibbles) when you attend in-person, and collaboration time to build your network for implementing your one-page plan, after the program.
Get your ideas / dreams / goals / intentions integrated into your life and visible in one place so you are in action and getting results in your business (and in your life) throughout the year ahead.
Click here to register now!
Idea Discovery – Article: What Are Your Ideas Trying To Tell You?
Make your IMPACT(c) … one idea at a time!
Here’s my Idea Discovery for today to help you do just that.
Not all of your ideas will be “right”. In fact, most of your ideas will be wrong; from conception. There are phases ideas go through and you need to take the necessary steps to bring your idea to life. Enjoy this article “What Are Your Ideas Trying To Tell You?” by Jeremy Clark, an innovation principal at PARC, who writes about how the quality of your ideas and not the quantity of ideas is what matters. But in order to come up with a “quality” idea, you will need quantity. My 6 step IMPACT process will help you take all the necessary steps to bring your quality idea to life.
Read Jeremy’s article here.
My goal is to serve you with resources and strategies that help you clarify, organize, and implement your ideas.
Stay connected with me for more Idea Discoveries @ www.IdeaSuccessNetwork.com
Sylvia Henderson, Your Idea Coach
Author: “Hey, That’s MY Idea! How to Communicate and Get Recognized for What You Know and Think”
Idea Discovery – Article: How Millennials Think, and What To Do About It
Make your IMPACT(c) … one idea at a time!
Here’s my Idea Discovery for today to help you do just that.
Times have changed in the working world. Today’s Gen Y is all about making changes in the world when it comes to a career and they seem to be focused on more than making money. When you’re ready to hire young, talented people to work for your organization, keep in mind the mind-set of the new working generation. Read this article for strategies on what you can do to prepare for hiring the Millennials.
http://elavonacquiring.w3staging.com/acquiring/costco/newsletters/2013/q4/millennials-think.aspx
My goal is to serve you with resources and strategies that help you clarify, organize, and implement your ideas.
Stay connected with me for more Idea Discoveries.
IdeaSuccessNetwork.com
Sylvia Henderson, Your Idea Coach
Author: “Hey, That’s MY Idea! How to Communicate and Get Recognized for What You Know and Think”