Understanding A Major Part Of Ideation - Where Most People Go Wrong

In order to write every day, you have to come up with a lot of Ideas to write about.

The process of coming up with Ideas is known as Ideation.

Technically it's a skill, one which you can develop over time.

The more you do it, the more Ideas to you.

As more Ideas come to you, you start to Realize that your Ideas can Grow and you begin to Expand on them and they can become more Complex.

I have found that the act of Writing every day ends up Supercharging this Process.

There are some things that are Fantastic about how this occurs, but there is also a downside.

Sometimes, you'll have quite a few Ideas all going through your head at the same time, all of which are Interesting, but none of which are Complete.

Right now in the World of Business, there are a lot of Leaders and Organizations who are desperate for Innovation and Creative Problem Solving.

However, there are 2 Major Problems they are facing right now.

The first is that so many people are in Burnout.

This Psychophysiological State is quite literally incompatible with Innovation and Creative Problem Solving.

If you don't fix Burnout, you simply won't get to those Results.

However, there is another Aspect that is necessary to get those Results.

Time.

Too often we try to "force" Ideas to come out by a Specific Time.

If we want Ideas to reach their Potential, we have to allow them to be Cultivated "into" that Potential.

If you attempt to "force" the Ideas too soon, it ends up being similar to the Farmer who pulls the Seed out of the Ground to see if it has grown.

It hasn't.

This is very common to see in today's world though.

"Let's throw out the Idea, that hasn't had any time to become what it could be, market it, sell it, and let's try to get a profit!"

But what does it accomplish?

Disappointing Products/Services.

Loss of Goodwill.

"Sometimes" Short-Term Profit at the Cost of Success.

Who wins?

No one.

Ideas are great to have, but to get Great Ideas you have to let them brew, and come together.

It is not something that happens immediately.

If you attempt to Force an Idea, you end up making the Idea worse.

Essentially, what occurs is that you add Pressure onto what ends up being a High-Pressure Situation already.

This puts the Mind into Dis-Stress and we become unable to think clearly.

Without Clear Thoughts, our Ideas become Mediocre and Half-Baked.

When our Brains are under Dis-Stress, they become like a desert, without having the conditions to grow any seeds.

You have to get your Mind out of Dis-Stress for the Ideas to Flourish.

This also means that sometimes you will have an Idea, something that you know could turn into something Amazing.

But it may not be Amazing quite yet.

Give it the time it needs, and move on to something else in the meantime.

One of the greatest Superpowers we have access to that we don't utilize enough is the Subconscious.

It is fascinating how when we don't Focus on an Idea 24-7, it can actually become Supercharged.

So, why do I bring this up today?

I have a couple of Ideas tumbling in my head right now.

The Ideas will become something good, I am positive, but they aren't quite there yet.

So, instead of writing a Half-Baked Article about one of those Ideas, today I am going to allow them to remain in the Subconscious.

They will tumble around in the back of my Head a bit until they are ready.

I will allow the Process of Ideation to work the way it is supposed to.