Ever faced a dead-end, spent days trying to figure out a solution to some problem? Most entrepreneurs are always 👌 close to solving a problem. During my experience as an I.T. project manager, I often dealt with zero output from employees when they sign out the day. The reason is they get stuck in a problem and could not find any idea to solve the problem.
An idea is not a concrete thing that can be documented. It is an abstract process or thought which creates a stimulus in your mind to make a decision eventually.
Like wine, ideas get stronger as they age. Your new ideas are affected by the ideas already sitting in your mind. Ideas are like seeds that grow to become a plant. Plants affect the environment for other seeds by absorbing the nutrients from the soil. Ideas act similarly; older ideas absorb the energy of your mind that affects the growth of new ideas. We can boost the growth of plants if we supplement them with good fertilizers. Your company acts as a fertilizer. Let’s try to internalize this concept.
Ideas are seeds
The only difference between a seed and an idea is we can control when to plant the seed. Ideas develop by unconscious choices, questions, and happenings around you. Whenever an idea is planted in your mind, it grows in the subconscious mind. Every innovation, invention, and revolution in the world started as a tiny seed in mind. It is important to empower yourself to control the plantations of ideas in mind because every conflict, felony, and war also started as a tiny seed.
Growth of ideas
An idea sits in your subconscious mind to grow. If you can control the subconscious mind, you can unleash the power of ideas. You can master the art of the subconscious mind by understanding yourself. You can dominate your thought process by creating an artificial environment in your mind.
The words that follow ‘I am’ follows you.
People say XYZ business is crap just because they did not succeed in it. If they didn’t, it does NOT mean you cannot. Never let the idea of failure grow in your mind. You will never regret reaching your goal. You will only regret giving up and not trying harder.
People say XYZ person is not good just because their perception is not correct. Every person, including yourself, has several versions of self. If you lay in bed at night and think about yourself, the face you see of yourself is different from any other person thinking about you. You are most beautiful to a person whose ideas are inspired by you.
Do not judge a person if your version of them is not right. The villain in your perception could be a hero for several other individuals.
Dominate your ideas
The key to happiness is to live in the moments. You can not change the past. The future is uncertain and you live in the present. People adore the idea of Master Oogway from the Kungfu Panda movie:
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
While this is true for average intellect individuals, I have a better theory. You can not change the past but you can change your idea of the past. This is not something new and everyone does it even if they don’t know about it. Your past actions were stimuli caused by older ideas. Your present actions are affected by the present ideas which grow in the same environment as your older ideas. If you failed in the past, your present ideas do not need to grow in the same environment. Embrace your past, learn from it, and train your mind to see the positive sides of it. If you can not find any good perspective in your past, create an artificial environment.
However, there is a risk of creating an artificial environment. You can go far and start living in a fantasy world. It creates deviation from the real world and you fall harder than in the past. If the past is related to some person, your artificial environment can create unhealthy energy and vibes due to false judgments.
Dreams plant ideas
Your subconscious works throughout the day when you are both awake and asleep but takes over entirely when you sleep. You are free from external interferences and all resources of your brain are at disposal to the subconscious power of mind.
Most ideas are planted in dreams. The ideas from great inventions like sewing machine to huge multi national companies like Google were planted by dreams. It is important to end your day peacefully to have good dreams. If you go to bed with a broken heart, the subconscious mind will be consumed in repairing yourself rather than innovation and problem solving.
Not only it is important to train yourself to have good dreams, it is of no use if you don’t act on them. The thought or process will be buried in the very soil of your mind it was planted. When idea is planted, it is like a seed. Your subconscious mind works on it and it grows like a plant. It is only if you act on the stumli of idea, it grows to become a full tree and give fruits.
Training phase
All of it seems promising but you need to train yourself to master the art of growing ideas. In the beginning, you follow some steps and guidelines. Eventually, it is so much interanlized that your mind automatically starts creating a perfect environment for ideas.
- Meditation: As we sit, we reflect on our self to construct a peaceful mind and purify it from negative emotions and ideas. The more we medidate, the more room we create for positive ideas.
- Patience: It helps you bear frustrations, mishappenings, and your past calmly. You can either run from it or deal with it to let new ideas grow adequately. Learn how you can achieve patience by this article.
- Overthinking: Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. It will engage your mind in non-productivity instead of powerful ideas. Let go
of overthinking.Training phaseAll of it seems promising but you need to train yourself to master the art of growing ideas. In the beginning, you follow some steps and guidelines. Eventually, it is so much interanlized that your mind automatically starts creating a perfect environment for ideas.
- Meditation: As we sit, we reflect on our self to construct a peaceful mind and purify it from negative emotions and ideas. The more we medidate, the more room we create for positive ideas.Patience: It helps you bear frustrations, mishappenings, and your past calmly. You can either run from it or deal with it to let new ideas grow adequately. Learn how you can achieve patience by this article.Overthinking: Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. It will engage your mind in non-productivity instead of powerful ideas. Let go of overthinking.Sleep Better: Our subconscious mind is most powerful when we are sleeping. New research suggests good sleep helps in better creativity.Retention: Set your goals, read them out loud before going to sleep. It will prepare your subconscious mind to generate ideas to achieve those goals.
- Sleep Better: Our subconscious mind is most powerful when we are sleeping. New research suggests good sleep helps in better creativity.
- Retention: Set your goals, read them out loud before going to sleep. It will prepare your subconscious mind to generate ideas to achieve those goals.
Yesterday, I was clever
Rumi
so I wanted to change the world
Today, I am wise
so I am changing myself