Build Your Capacity to Make Great Ideas Happen

Coming up with a great idea is never enough. You must transform your vision into reality.

The ability to successfully implement your ideas isn’t something you’re born with, but rather a set of skills and strategies that can be learned. You can enhance your ability to execute your ideas by developing more effective organizational habits and harnessing the support of your colleagues and your community.

Disorganized people on the planet are a font of ideas, but they often lack the knowledge necessary to push them around and through the numerous obstacles that block the path to successful implementation.

Creative people who are consistently successful at selling their ideas shared several common traits:

• They are well organized and execute relentlessly

• They engage peers and leverage the power of community to build support and momentum for their ideas

• They have developed effective strategies for leading creative teams and projects

How many times have we seen an inferior idea gain traction, while our pet idea steadily loses support?

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