What To Do When Ideas Strike You At Inopportune Times

Not to sound crass or to tarnish this blogs reputation (what reputation??) with toilet humour but my light bulb starting flashing on this topic while I attempted productive pooping and I got thinking about the best way to capture ideas at inopportune times. Ideas can strike at any time and quite often you won't be ready for them. I've lost count of the number of ideas that have been lost into the abyss that is my mind because it wasn't convenient for me to get them down. When I did remember then, it wasn't quite the same idea as it was when I first brainstormed it. If you've been caught out by inopportune light bulb moments, I have a few ideas that might help.

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Innovation: How to Stand Out in a Sea of Imitators

Attention. Everyone craves it. Especially online when the success or failure of your project depends on it. Even in the offline world you want the attention of other people. It could be anything from wanting respect from your boss for a job well done, to trying to catch the eye of the gorgeous girl at the bar. Our instinct is to do what others before us have done. You might try and pick up the hot girl by following the advice of the "pro" pickup artists. But if she's really that hot, chances are she gets hit on daily. Probably even hourly if she lives anywhere near me and I have no place better to be! If she's seen it and heard it all before, she won't care about what you have to say. Within seconds she will have decided that there is no way you're getting to spend time with her and nothing you can do will change that. And so it is online.

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