Imagination

This chapter feeds off the concept in the last chapter, that it is ideas that will set you apart from the rest. It is imagination that you will rely on to create new plans, and it is the strength of your plans that will determine your success.

Brian Tracy, the prolific self-improvement author suggests writing down 20 solutions to every problem. This technique feeds directly into the concept that producing more means eventually producing better. Out of 20 solutions, 19 may be hopeless, but 1 could be just the solution you were looking for. And the more ideas you have, the more your mind makes connections, and you can come up with new and interesting possibilities.

Its interesting to note that throughout history, some of the most successful people in the arts and science (Picasso, Edison) have also been the most prolific. They produced a lot, and of their output, some of it was brilliant, but equally some of it was not-so-brilliant.

I'm still coming to terms with the sad fact that I will not write a brilliant blog on my first attempt. I will need to keep writing, and producing post after post, before I can produce excellence. And unfortunately in amongst some of my output will be some total crap...