Take a simple idea, and take it seriously

03/01/2021 3 min

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“Everything begins with an idea”* Write Your Ideas Down – It Can Change Your Life* Start your day right (write?)* Deal with emotions* Think more, learn more, think bigger“Take a simple idea, and take it seriously” - Charlie MungerTip : How to capture ideasThe benefits of writing things down.As soon as you write down an idea, your brain really takes it seriously. There are a number of benefits to this simple process of writing down your thoughts:* Your thinking about the idea will likely benefit from a little distance, and now that it’s written down, you can step away for a while without the possibility of the thought getting lost. Also, the act of writing something down by hand will cement it in your brain.* You can consider the goal and the obstacle clearly now, separate from the emotions they were tangled up in before you wrote them down.* You can now see if the situation is similar to something you’ve faced in the past. If so, you can use that previous experience to tackle this obstacle.* You can now access your full intellect when approaching the task at hand.* When you first had the thought, you might have seen it as a dilemma due to potential hurdles that your brain came up with. Now, you’re able to use your creative mind to approach it.Big ideas from little pieces of paper : Happy new year 2021!!Thank you, - ProductMindset! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit productmindset.substack.com

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