How to be succesful, anywhere.

[strategy]

Before you go ahead and read this post, I want you to do one thing for me. I want you to search in your head and find your best idea, the one you treasure most. The idea that would prove to be most profitable, the idea you wouldn't share with anyone. Got it? Type it into the quick-reply box and post it.

Now I'm going to teach you a mindset that has helped me many a-time before. Do not keep your idea's to yourself. Give everything you know away, and more will come back to you. I used to hear quotes like this all the time. 'To make yourself rich, you must first enrich others.' And like you (if you havn't yet heard of the concept before) I thought to myself BULLS**T! Suprisingly over the years, it made more and more sense, and I wish I would of begun implementing it earlier.

'The problem with keeping your idea's to yourself is you end up living of your reserves. Eventually you'll become stale. If you give away everything you have, you are left with nothing. This forces you to look, to be aware, to replenish. Somehow, the more you give away, the more will come back to you.

Idea's are open knowledge. Dont claim ownership. They're not your idea anyway, they're someone else's. They are out there floating by on the ether.
You just have to put yourself in the frame of mind to pick them up.' - Paul Arden.

If you give your idea's away, you'll be helping other people. As well as finding even more, you'll feel good about yourself and people will respect you. If you give your best idea's away people will think 'Woah, if this is what they're GIVING away, I wonder of how much value their product is, or what type of plans they've got up their sleeves'.
Like Eben Pagan said;

'Why get a million people to give you a dollar when you can give 100 dollars worth of value to a million people, and ask for $10 in return.'

In the end those great idea's you have, you may not even end up executing them. If you give them away, you'll find more, possibly even better. It works out for you in everyway. Dont be scarcity minded, try it for a year atleast. Say on average you'll get 5 great ideas per year. Keep giving your idea's away and replenishing yourself, force yourself to find newer ones. You could have 20 or even a 100. (In addition to this concept, dont just waste your time away. Dont think about what you have, but what you will have. Many succesful business people've lost everything they had before they made thier multi-million empires (i.e. Colonel Sanders, Peter Jones). Believe it or not, for some, this had been the best thing that had happened to them. They forced themselves to work, they became aware, they found a way in the end. A way which they would of never known of unless they had lost, (and in some cases) given everything away.) 'You've got to be lost before you can find a path.'

So before, I bet you probably didnt even consider typing that idea. Dont think about what you've just learned, absorb it and quick-reply your best idea to this thread and if you're worried I'm trying to get your idea's then dont post here. But go out and tell someone your best idea. Whether it's your best friend, your partner or a complete stranger, POUR ALL YOUR IDEA'S OUT. I bet you feel better already.

To your success. - Strategy.

[Hooman]

I agree with your post to some extent. I wouldn't type my best idea here because it's an entrepreneur forum, and it could be stolen easily. But I do agree about sharing your idea because it can help foster a bigger idea; however, you have to share it with the right people, people who you can trust.

On the flip side, someone once told me that it's okay to share your ideas with everyone because no one will ever be as passionate about them as you, so you shouldn't worry about them stealing it. Again, I agree with this to some extent, but I'm not so sure about posting some things here. Other forums maybe, but not here.

I guess if I have an idea that hasn't yet grown into a project, then I will share it. I don't like to keep "ideas" as simply "ideas" for very long, otherwise I end up never executing, like you mentioned.

If anything, I will share that I've had an idea for fund-raising at airports. You know how the salvation army has people stand outside stores and places collecting change? Well, why not have a bucket by the metal detectors in airports. It would be so much more efficient and effective. That's a place where you want to get rid of your change. I'm sure airports could collect hundreds or even a few thousand dollars a day (big airports) if they implemented this. I haven't gotten around to talking to my local airport, but I've had it in mind for quite some time. I've actually shared this idea with salvation army volunteers, but I'm not sure if they even cared to try and implement it.

Another idea I had that I didn't implement was making a website that sold an audio version of textbooks. There's a lot of sites that sell audio books, but nothing that sells audio textbooks. It would only work for certain subjects, such as humanity courses and some business, some science theory, etc. But imagine carrying all your textbooks on your iPod. What's more, you could listen in the car, while waiting for the bus, on the way to class, etc. So much easier than reading, and lugging around a 5lb-8lb book. The reason I didn't attempt this is I wasn't too sure about the copyright and legal issues involved. Then I noticed one of my textbooks has started this for a version of their book. I figured the big boys are going to be all over it in about a year, so I figured it may not be worth it. I'm not sure, I may still attempt this, I just have to find the right people.

Hope that helps someone.

[strategy]

I agree with your post to some extent. I wouldn't type my best idea here because it's an entrepreneur forum, and it could be stolen easily. But I do agree about sharing your idea because it can help foster a bigger idea; however, you have to share it with the right people, people who you can trust.

On the flip side, someone once told me that it's okay to share your ideas with everyone because no one will ever be as passionate about them as you, so you shouldn't worry about them stealing it. Again, I agree with this to some extent, but I'm not so sure about posting some things here. Other forums maybe, but not here.

I guess if I have an idea that hasn't yet grown into a project, then I will share it. I don't like to keep "ideas" as simply "ideas" for very long, otherwise I end up never executing, like you mentioned.

If anything, I will share that I've had an idea for fund-raising at airports. You know how the salvation army has people stand outside stores and places collecting change? Well, why not have a bucket by the metal detectors in airports. It would be so much more efficient and effective. That's a place where you want to get rid of your change. I'm sure airports could collect hundreds or even a few thousand dollars a day (big airports) if they implemented this. I haven't gotten around to talking to my local airport, but I've had it in mind for quite some time. I've actually shared this idea with salvation army volunteers, but I'm not sure if they even cared to try and implement it.

Another idea I had that I didn't implement was making a website that sold an audio version of textbooks. There's a lot of sites that sell audio books, but nothing that sells audio textbooks. It would only work for certain subjects, such as humanity courses and some business, some science theory, etc. But imagine carrying all your textbooks on your iPod. What's more, you could listen in the car, while waiting for the bus, on the way to class, etc. So much easier than reading, and lugging around a 5lb-8lb book. The reason I didn't attempt this is I wasn't too sure about the copyright and legal issues involved. Then I noticed one of my textbooks has started this for a version of their book. I figured the big boys are going to be all over it in about a year, so I figured it may not be worth it. I'm not sure, I may still attempt this, I just have to find the right people.

Hope that helps someone.

I reckon it's still safe to share with anyone. There may be some extent to this, but if you shared with everyone again they'd have more respect for you and they'd probably be open to helping you or sharing their idea's. If they're the type of person who lurks around looking for idea's without giving out any value of their own then unless they were born in a rich family, they won't get anywhere with that mindset. AND if they do, it'll only be after years of learning what they didn't have. This reflects on my post earlier, if you try and take money from people - they wont be willing to give you anything. If you give them great value, they'd be more than open and will even want to get emotionally involved with you. Imagine these two situations now. (From an example i've used before) A direct door-to-door salesman manages to get say, a house-wives attention after knocking. He immediately goes in for the kill and gives information on his companies 'great' product. Another direct door-to-door salesman knocks on a similar door and begins talking to the woman, he explains the common problems people have and then surveys her (asking her a couple of questions). He then collects the information and offers her a product that will help her, if any. Which one will be more succesful?

If anything, I will share that I've had an idea for fund-raising at airports. You know how the salvation army has people stand outside stores and places collecting change? Well, why not have a bucket by the metal detectors in airports. It would be so much more efficient and effective. That's a place where you want to get rid of your change. I'm sure airports could collect hundreds or even a few thousand dollars a day (big airports) if they implemented this. I haven't gotten around to talking to my local airport, but I've had it in mind for quite some time. I've actually shared this idea with salvation army volunteers, but I'm not sure if they even cared to try and implement it.

Sounds great. If it was aimed at a charity, it could prove to be very succesful. Firstly it'd be making around £364,000 a year from the spare change (and if people knew it'd go to a charity, they'd donate even more). And it could prove to be a GREAT public relations and marketing tool. I'm sure if you informed the airport of the potential success they could gain from this with enthusiasm, they'd be more than open to developing the idea with you.