How much is your idea worth?

Early 2013

It was early 2013 when I was about to go for a client meeting. A new idea sparked into my mind. Just before we were about to leave for a taxi, I wanted to bounce it with my colleague. I started to pour my thoughts and the conversation went like so:

...And he was right.

About ideas

Have you ever had a napkin or paper passed on to you. One that was full of scrambles and sketches in such a small area, scribbles that would have made Da Vinci himself envy the drawings. Or maybe it was you who passed it on.

Or maybe it's one of those domain names you parked, the one that reminds you every year with an invoice that nothing has been done with it. But at least, it's a cool domain name stored for other years to come.

There are many different ways how ideas can be executed. Sometimes they are turned into physical artefacts but sometimes they can very well be initiatives that you put into an action. Maybe you email someone, make a phone call, do something that progresses the idea.

Execution multiplies

Another colleague of mine, Lauri once mentioned this brilliant writing by sive.rs/multiply. Derek puts it in a nice way that ideas are worth nothing unless executed, and that the execution acts as a multiplier.

Here's my take to try and illustrate this.

Click on below to see the values change. 👇👇👇

Do something

So, the next time you have a great idea, don't just let it sit there. Take action, bring it to life.