Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality

Use your work space to induce attention where you need it most. You ultimately want to make yourself feel compelled to take action on the tasks pending, just as a marketer makes you feel compelled to buy something.

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Yet, among the hundreds of successful creatives I’ve interviewed, a fearless approach to sharing ideas is one of the most common attributes. Why? Because having the idea is just one tiny step along the road to making that idea happen.

Sheer perspiration will come only from organizing your energy and holding yourself accountable with some sort of routine.

“hoarding information is an integrity violation,” making the case that failing to share a best practice with your team or department was essentially akin to stealing from the company.

What creative people need, Godin believes, “is a quieter lizard brain.”

In order to channel your ability to focus—and perspire—for extended periods of time, you will likely need to develop a consistent work schedule. Structuring time spent executing ideas is a best practice of admired creative leaders across industries. It is the only way to keep up with the continuous stream of Action Steps and allocate sufficient tim

IN A WORLD obsessed with innovation, it is easy to fall in love with ideas.

Constant motion is the key to