I love to get movie DVDs that have an additional disc of just special features! Last night I watched all the documentaries about Howard Hughes, from the DVD “The Aviator”. The special features almost always contain tidbits of this idea or that idea that went into making the film. So often these features are inspiring and are just one place to trigger ideas of my own. Read more... (666 words, 5 images, estimated 2:40 mins reading time)
The best way to stop a child from crying is to distract them, occupying their mind with new stimuli. The best way to get attention is to do something outlandishly unexpected. The quickest path to wealth is to have an ingenious idea that becomes virally popular. When Pearl Harbor was suprisingly attacked, the U.S. joined in World War II and the entire country came together in support of winning the war. Time and again, the solution to major issues, or a seemingly insurmountable problem, has been a novel concept (new idea), or a Cause greater than the sum of its parts, or ideally both. I’m sure you can think of many more examples even stronger than these. The point is that we tend to see only as we focus, yet that focal power can be enough to change the world, given a great cause plus new – focal changing – ideas. Read more... (1241 words, 5 images, estimated 4:58 mins reading time)