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By: Jarkko

Jarkko — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:23:54 +0000

@Aaron: So you would say that meditation brings you more ideas? How do you handle them? Do you write your ideas down after meditation (the ones that you still remember)?

@Lucy: I like it how you say that an idea must be a change from the routine. In that sense, maybe my example of taking care of my errands during the lunch break was a small scale idea for me, because it was something I usually don’t do…

@Terence: So, do you think that an idea always needs an issue / problem that it helps solve?

Actually, I thought about something similar today. Maybe the word idea is not the best here as conceptually it means so many things. A solution could be more useful as a term for ideas that have the potential to become innovations?

And I love your idea of not saying “I have no idea” anymore. I must try that too :)

@Mark: I guess that’s what makes “idea” so hard to define. The definition is so broad that it practically encompasses all the thoughts that cross our minds, whether actionable or not…

@Ryan: I don’t quite believe that such events are anything more than happy coincidences… Being connected to the universe and all that sounds a bit creepy to me ;) I might be wrong, though…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:36:07 +0000

I believe Joe Vitale said that Ideas need swift action. Several times it has happened to me where I came up with an idea and not taken action and that idea came to fruition by someone else. Just today I was stumbling through web sites with StumbleUpon and a couple of hacking websites came up. One was life hacking and the other I don’t remember. I just happened to think about Ikea furniture and my hacking of an item from Ikea – I made a router table out of it – when the next web page was about Ikea hacking! I don’t understand it but I believe that we’re all connected in the universe and ideas flow through all of us. If you don’t listen and act on your ideas they will flow through to the next person who might.

By: mark_hayward

mark_hayward — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:41:33 +0000

Jarkko – what a great question, but tough to answer! The free dictionary defines and idea as:

Something, such as a thought or conception, that potentially or actually exists in the mind as a product of mental activity.

So, I guess I agree. :)

By: Terence Chang

Terence Chang — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:37:32 +0000

Personally, an idea is to easy our or other people’s life.

An idea is created to solve issues.

Many rich people are making not OK money, not big money, but huge money by helping out other rich people to spend their money.

An idea is easier said than done, but it’s also the most important trigger to move our life forward. Recently, I stop saying “I have no idea” when people ask me questions. I realized that I should think about the question and trying to find answer before throwing back the short answer.

I have the same practice for years now. It actually comes up to me with the newest idea to help other business grow. Without finishing it, I will never know an idea is working or not.

So having an idea is very important. Actually go for it is the key to make the idea happening.

Keep it up! :-)

Terence Changs last blog post..Enough is never enough – are you a Middle-Class Millionaire?

By: Lucy

Lucy — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:32:29 +0000

I would say an idea is something that involves creativity, change or difference in order to accomplish something, not a brainless routine. Getting up to make coffee every morning the same way is no longer an idea, it is a routine. But decide to make it differently one day, or drink milk instead, that would be an "idea". Lucys last blog post..Labor Day Relaxed outfit

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:26:06 +0000

As a beginning meditator I have to say that the flow of thoughts and ideas in my mind is so overwhelming I wouldn’t be able to count the ideas that I have let alone write them down! If only the ideas applied to an actual problem I was trying to solve …

BTW – funny video :)