Before I knew about 1ShoppingCart.com, I was driving down the road one day and was trying to brainstorm a software that I could sell. My idea was an autoresponder, affiliate tracker, ad tracker, and shopping cart all rolled into one. Obviously it was an idea that was already taken, but when do you think I came up with the idea I talked about on Monday? It also was driving down the road. And now this will turn into an idea that will make me, in estimation, probably somewhere around half a million dollars in two years. Where will you be when the next idea strikes, and will you be ready for it?
Stephan Miller just wrote a great post about keeping track of your ideas and making them real. He uses a Moleskine and used to use a notebook. It’s funny how great minds think alike because I use a voice recorder that is built into my mobile phone/PDA and used to use a sticky pad I carried around in my pocket (yes, a sticky pad - stop laughing). I used to take the sticky pad that I wrote the idea on and stick it on my desk where I couldn’t work until I paid attention to it. Now, I have a voice recorder that I sit down and listen to every Friday afternoon when I plan out my next week.
I never, ever, get my best ideas sitting in front of the computer. Like Stephan, when I come across boring times (aka nuclear power school or the 25 years of formal schooling I’ve gone through), my mind wanders. That is when genius strikes, and I am prepared to remember it! I attribute this one habit as one of the ones that has lead me to great success online.
It doesn’t stop there, though. I then go to bubbl.us and brainstorm. I set aside a half hour or so and come up with different types of products, promotions, giveaways, potential partners, related industries, etc… all the things necessary for beginning a successful internet business.
Stephan says this habit was responsible for his first $1,000 month. It is responsible for my first $1, $1,000, and $10,000 month, because once you find something that works, you grow it BIG! (then I sell it)
Do you have any habits that foster this encourage mental greatness? Or do you come up with great ideas then let someone else figure them out?
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Wednesday, 4 Jun 2008 Filed under: Market Research, Mindset, Software, Starting Up, Tools by Bryan
Bryan, thanks for all the mentions. I think I will go check out bubbl.us now. I have all my mindmaps on paper now. And I can’t wait for that $10,000 month.
Stephan Millers last blog post..On the Trail of LifeClusters
It’s great to be able to implement what is in our mind. I actually have a lot of ideas but dont have the ability to act upon them. Poor me… Well, anyway, good luck.
Why don’t you have the ability to act on them? Fear? Procrastination?