Make Time to Think

Highly successful people are skilled at turning ideas into actions. They are not burdened with dreams that they fail to pursue. It is not just the actions that make them successful. Success comes from their thoughts and ideas.

During your busy day, how much time do you set aside for thinking? I would suggest that for most of us, it is not enough. We are too busy with the actions. We are too busy working to get things done.

And when we do get a new idea, we seldom take the time to explore it deeply. We either add it to our to-do list, or we discard it without any further thought.

How can we increase the value of our ideas? We need time to think. Daily.

There are times when I find myself overwhelmed with possibilities. Frustrated because I cannot find time to implement all the ideas I have captured. When that happens, I recognize that I have not given myself enough time to think. Ideas need to be considered, evaluated, challenged, tested, and explored. If you give an idea the proper time to marinate, implementation becomes infinitely easier, quicker, and more effective.

The proper amount of time can be difficult to measure. But with practice, you become more skilled in this area. If you sit too long on an idea, it can become stale. You lose the passion and the energy that first arrived with the idea. Learning how to think about an idea is a skill.

If you are not taking time to think about your ideas daily, I suggest you set aside some time to think. Schedule it. Try it for 30 days. I believe you will find it will increase your effectiveness, and success.