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You Are Not The Only One




You just stumbled upon a brilliant idea. You have to come to believe its a gem of an idea. You have a strong intuition its going to be game changer. You want to turn it into an enterprise. You are excited, since your long cherished entrepreneurial dream is now sure to see daylight. You start putting things in place in run up to your dream venture. You are fiercely protective of your idea and taking every precaution to not let it out. Somehow you believe, you are the only one ever to think about it and if you do share it with someone else, chances are - they may rob you of the idea. So you are not willing to let your guard down. And therefore are reluctant to share, discuss and deliberate the idea with anyone else. At times, even with some who might help you shape and execute the idea. The anxiety and the insecurity of loosing your baby (that too even before its been thoroughly conceived) holds you back. If this is what you have experienced and this what you still believe. Let me tell you something.

You are not the only one.

What?? 

Yes, you are not the only one. Please understand that there are thousands and lakhs of people in this world who at some point in time or other may have thought of a similar brilliant idea. And it could be far better than the one you have already thought. Just remember these few examples -
1. Edison was not the first person to invent the electric bulb.
2. iPhone was not the first touchscreen / smart phone.
3. Facebook was not the first social network.

The world is replete with examples like these. These persons / organizations were not the first one to come up these ideas but their ability to discuss, debate  shape and influence the outcome saw them set milestones and scale new heights. Though the ideas may have been similar (social networks for example) the way they were approached, executed and leveraged speaks volumes about the space that is there for each idea to coexist with another. Think of all the messaging apps (WhatsApp, WeChat, Hike) or the online retail giants (Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal) . That's why you should not shy away from sharing your ideas. In fact, Alok Rodinhood Kejriwal in one of his blog posts (which I accidently stumbled upon) advises to share the idea and start building on it. If people steal it (copy) it, feel proud! It means you have a valuable idea! he goes on to say.

So the next time you have the gem of an idea, just go ahead and share it. Don't worry about getting robbed for you are not the only one. But how you go on to execute and leverage idea may definitely make you the only one.




   



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  1. UnknownAugust 7, 2017 at 8:09 AM

    Well expressed Sir. Ideation without execution counts for nothing.. All the great achievements are masterpieces of execution

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  2. travel and tourismAugust 7, 2017 at 10:04 AM

    Well written Antony.

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