“Through the years, I had learned that if you think about strategy (the “how”) too early, it will actually inhibit your vision (the “what”) and block you from thinking as big as you need to think. What you need is a vision that is so big that it is compelling, not only to others, but to you. If it’s not compelling, you won’t have the motivation to stay the course and you won’t be able to recruit others to help you.” – Michael Hyatt
I have a lot of ideas. I’m one of those guys with a half-dozen notebooks with ideas, sketches, and notes scattered throughout. I might go through 7 or 17 different versions of an idea to get it right. And those are just the ones for our creative community at Save the Artist.
No matter how I decide to act on an idea, to execute that strategy as Michael puts it, I also put the focus on the idea itself first. Because if I don’t love it, there’s no point. My dreams and plans are big – they require others on my team to help out. And if I’m not excited and communicating that right, then the idea gets off to a rocky start.
January’s over but the year’s just getting started. I need to get the idea solid before anything else. There’s plenty of time left in the year to pull it off.
