Avoid Idea Constipation

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 11:49am by Gina Laverde in Life

You know when you�re so full of brilliance that nothing will come out correctly? I�ve been suffering with this for about a week now. I�ve got a �post-it-note� wall full of concepts that need developing, and countless saved MS WORD docs that are only about a paragraph long. I wonder� is this what they call writer�s block, or is it the two-year-old who tugs on my leg and whines in terror every time I begin to type?

Distractions are a major cause of idea constipation, and since they often come from the outside world, they are usually not preventable. Distractions cause frustration which leads to stress and ultimate idea abandonment. It may be said that the world didn�t need your abandoned ideas anyway, or that you just need more drive or organization.

But the truth is that you need your ideas. You need to hash them out in your head, on paper and to whoever will listen to you. And, as my little boy taps my arm with a spoon, and begs to watch �Thomas The Tank� on my lap-top, I voice an idea to him. �Uh Oh,� he says. But, I don�t worry that he might not like the proposal.

Sometimes, I need to coexist with my distractions in order to express my ideas. Work in spite of them, or maybe even use their inspiration.

Creative blockages begin to dwindle for people who learn how to work through their stress, fears and core laziness. Admit that you�re stressed. Admit that you can be afraid of failure (or success), and admit you have lazy moments. Your thoughts are not perfect, but you need to exercise them in order to grow as a business person.

Ideas almost never develop the way we intended. But we need to start somewhere. When you think that nothing is coming out correctly�keep going � at least it�s coming out.

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