Comments on: What To Do When Ideas Strike You At Inopportune Times

By: Dawn @ Self Help Motivation

Dawn @ Self Help Motivation — Wed, 05 May 2010 03:29:47 +0000

Wonderful tips, Ian. In addition to what you posted, I also think it would help if an individual tries to record his ideas in a voice recorder. I think it would help a person remember his ideas if there he can hear his ideas from his own voice.

By: Adrian Swinscoe

Adrian Swinscoe — Tue, 04 May 2010 10:27:11 +0000

Hi Ian,
Indeed. Write it down, write it down. I carry my notebook around with me most places but when I don’t I make a note on my iphone or use Evernote to capture a note, particularly if it goes with something I have seen.

Adrian

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:21:46 +0000

Hey V, nice addition to the idea there. I’ll have to start noting how I got the idea and what my train of thought was!

Vuelves pronto, por favor?

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By: Victoria Vives

Victoria Vives — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:20:35 +0000

I LOVE IT! I am ALWAYS looking for random pieces of paper to write ideas: napkins, the label of a bottle of water… you name it! Hahaha! Sometimes I use a small mp3 recorder (this is way cooler because you can safely use it while driving ^_^)

“Writing the feel for the idea and any buzz words” is something that I’m definitely going to add. Thank you Ian for your tips.

What I also do is to write how the idea came to me, meaning, what was the train of thought that brought me to the idea.

Thank you Ian!!!! V

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:40:47 +0000

Best thing probably is some kind of voice recording to get your drowsy thoughts verbalised before you sleep and forget them!

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:39:48 +0000

This is hilarious. If you’re ever in the UK, me may end the universe if our weirdness crosses paths!

By: Todd Michael Greene

Todd Michael Greene — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:31:07 +0000

Some of my best ideas seem to come at night, especially when I’m just about asleep. I’ve always wondered why it seems to be that way for me and a lot of other people. Any ideas on that?

By: Shelly Rayedeane

Shelly Rayedeane — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:52:23 +0000

I jot things down too. Unfortunately, I also understand how sometimes good ideas get stolen by those who make more money and who like your idea but don’t want to have to put in the work to get the results.

So I don’t jot most of my ideas down on my blog anymore. I keep those things to myself.

Great post btw!

By: maren kate

maren kate — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:44:17 +0000

Great post, rings so true to me! I have ideas that bombard me at all times and have to distill them down to what I can really actionably do.