8 Ideas and Talent

DOI: 10.4324/9781003318354-11

The seminar left John feeling motivated and invigorated in a way he hadn’t remembered feeling in years. John spent the next week scouring his notes for the ideas he wanted to implement. When it was all said and done, he counted fifteen ideas he was trying to implement at once.

“Now, the real work begins,” John muttered to himself.

Next, he compared the notes from his ideas to the mission and vision he had created for his company. On the side of his computer screen hung the following questions:

  • What are your company goals?
  • Who will help you achieve them?
  • How will you get there?
  • What resources do you need?

John decided to use these questions to prioritize which ideas were best for the company ...

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