One thing leads to another
Last year I discovered a book called, Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality by Scott Belsky. I know what you’re thinking. Do books like this offer real world advise? In this case, the answer is yes. This book offers honest simple solutions from people who have figured out techniques that help them follow through on more of their ideas. Which means fewer ideas from really creative people are being absorbed by the atmosphere. And, that is good for everyone.
Although this book pushes Behance products (which are nice products), the process behind the products is what really helped me organize my ideas. I was able to customize my own priority system based on all the advise that’s offered within the 200+ pages. Unfortunately, the items that keep getting top priority are not the ideas I get really excited about. So, I’ve decided to try another book.
When I purchased Making Ideas Happen from Amazon.com, a book called Do More Great Work: Stop the Busywork. Start the Work That Matters. by Michael Bungay Stanier came up as a recommendation. Who doesn’t want to do more great work? After reading some of the reviews on Amazon and having a positive experience with Making Ideas Happen, I decided to give it a try. Worst case, I don’t finish the book.
I just started reading it, and so far so good. I’ve decided that I’m going to share my journey through this book (and on to more great work) by posting each exercise on here along with comments about the book and reflections on each step. There are 15 exercises total. The first one is coming up next.
