Brand New Me # 130 Ideas Are Your Friends

Brand New Me

"There's nothing so powerful as an idea who's time has come." — Jim Rohn Sometimes ideas can feel like little mosquitos who are pesky and want a place to land and suck your blood. At least, that’s how I feel some days. I can’t possibly carry out all of the ideas that pop into my mind or give them a place to live. BUT….in the end, ideas can be our friends. We just have to learn how to nurture, prioritize and categorize them. When you see Portraits of White, you'll be witnessing the power of an idea. A snowy day led to the idea for the title song, Portraits of White. One single manger scene in a Christmas shop in 1999 sparked the idea for the song Take Another Look. That song took me down a path of "skipping Christmas" that year so I could pay attention to the holiday sadness I often felt in December. Skipping Christmas opened up space for me to start expressing my feelings through songwriting. Those seeds of songs started me thinking about doing a Christmas album. The album provided more ideas - how about a show where we "hear" and "see" the music? It came to pass in 2014 and it will again this year! Do you have your tickets to see this show yet? Here are 5 steps that Jim Rohn suggests for turning nothing into something: 1) Start with ideas and imagination - they aren't tangible, but they are almost real. 2) Believe that what you imagine is possible for you. Two types of testimonials can provide inspiration for us: "If I can do it, you can do it." (Someone else's story) "If I did it once, I can do it again." (Our own story) 3) Go to work and make it real - make it tangible. 4) It takes the disciplined activity to make it reality. 5) Appreciate the discipline it takes to follow through and see it happen.