Can you be more innovative? To be honest, I don’t know. I think 40 percent of the population can never be good at innovating, which they do. 10% of the population is born to innovate. They always knew what they wanted to do and how they could achieve it.
The remaining 50 percent could learn to be good at innovating if they can persuade their brains to turn on the light in the dark, rather than waiting for others to rescue them.
Innovation is not just about technology. You can innovate in any field of work or in all aspects of your lifestyle. For example, Facebook and Google treat their employees better than any other company. Management invented a unique way to motivate employees.
So how to be more innovative? That is how
Observe and ask questions
Make this a habit. Whenever you discover something new, observe and answer three questions.
- Why would someone use or buy this service / product?
- Would you ever buy this service / product? And because
- How can it be improved?
By answering these questions, you are developing your mind to be more innovative. Don’t be afraid to sound stupid when you answer. You will learn along the way.
Be critical when answering these.
Aim to solve problems
Invention is useless if it cannot solve problems. Every invention in history had a purpose, a way of solving problems.
How to find problems?
- Talk to people
- Think of different ways to make life easier.
- Investigate failed projects and the intent behind them
Once your mind is ready to solve problems, it will start generating quality and new ideas. This exercise will make you more innovative.
Think about the problems you tackle every day.
List 10 ideas every day
I list ten ideas every morning because that’s when my brain can unleash its full power. You should do it at the time that suits you best.
Here’s a trick: Don’t think you can’t do it, just do it. Grab a pen and paper and start writing down your ideas.
It can be anything you want or want to change, like:
- How to make life easier
- How to sell more products
- How to improve business contacts
- How to improve the profits of SMEs
- How to improve health with little spending on personal coaching
List all the ideas that come to mind, even if they have been made up. You may want to improve an interesting idea.
Let’s do math ten ideas a day throughout the year.
10×365 = 3650 ideas per year
If you have more than 3,000 bad ideas, 500 ideas are already available, you still have more than 100 ideas to choose from.
You just need an idea to get you where you want to be.
Change your attitude
If you want to become an innovator, you must change your attitude.
STOP saying “you can’t”
START saying “I can if”
These words must be removed from your brain if you want to think and become an innovator.
- “I can not do it”
- “It will not work”
- “I’m not sure”
- “He / she can do better than me”
When you have a problem or cannot understand things, it is easier to walk. Then when you have a problem or can’t understand, do things differently.
- Start making mind maps on how to solve
- Learn in a different way
- Ask for help
Starting today phrases like “I can if …” instead of “I can’t because …”
To take action
You can read thousands of articles, read many books, ask for advice, but it won’t happen until you take an action.
How many times have you decided to lose weight, read articles on how to lose weight, ask for advice, and join the gym?
After a month you did not lose weight, why? Because you had the knowledge but you never put it into action.
Once you’ve decided to do something, even if you die doing it, it should be fine with you.
Innovators take action. They are committed to their work, their ideas and they will keep it even if they die.
Simply because they think they can.
“Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve how many times you may have failed in the past.” By Napoleon Hill.
