How to come up with a great idea?

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  3. Dave, I am not sure you have ever referenced Knowledge at Wharton – a fantastic monthly email that covers all sorts of topics on business, marketing and innovation. This months issue has an article “The Killer Question: Phil McKinney on How to Spark Innovation” that I thought you may find an interesting read after I saw your post this morning.

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  5. Dave,

    What an interesting topic! However, can I be a spoilsport and propose a different view? In my experience, great ideas are a dime a dozen. The important activity is putting that great idea to use. Let’s see if that great idea can stand up to the onslaught of public exposure. Let’s see if it can withstand the fierce attack of vested interests. Let’s see if the originator has the fortitude to grab it and do something truly worthwhile with it. For example, like Steve Jobs could do.

    Signing off to avoid the barrage of slings and arrows coming my way.

      1. Okay — so you caught me in a bad moment, Dave. The slings and arrows comment was a metaphor about life. I have nothing to fear from the kind and gentle people who comment on your blog.

        No, I didn’t drop my great idea. I used it to build a free website of 120 pages and a low-cost ebook of 141 pages. My great idea was to use my revelations and writing talents to help ordinary people empower their lives.

  9. Yes — Internet. Good Dog Bad Dog. I get inspiration may ways. Here is a little poem I wrote about it:

    THE MOW ZONE

    If ever I have any doubt
    as to where my writing’s going
    I find my direction finely tuned
    Whenever I am mowing.

    Vibrating endlessly across the yard
    Atop an old John Deere
    It’s amazing the plots and story lines
    That come to me out here.

    Character, dialogue, points-of-view
    of stories never seen
    All have risen to the top
    on this endless sea of green.

    I cannot hear a dog-gone thing
    As my tractor blares away
    So why not dream of tales unbound
    As I mow away the day?

    Claudia
    http://www.humoringthegoddess.wordpress.com

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