If I may, this is what helped me and maybe It might help you.
It always seemed to be such a struggle to "think" of a niche, and the harder I tried the further away from an idea I got. It was only when I
stopped thinking and just started
noticing did my idea book take on a new life. It started filling up. A method that helped me was noticing when
I'll call it a trigger word/phrase popped in my thoughts.
Its On The Tip Of My Tongue
Ok so what is a trigger word? Before I go into that lets back up to the stop thinking part first and what I mean.
Have you ever been talking to someone and then you can't think of the word you wanted to say
That place down on the corner called...ah...damn...its called...man its right on the tip of my tongue
Do you find the harder you try to think of it, the more you can't?
Fast forward a few hours later
Your sitting at your computer (I was going to write "out
noticing ideas" but we're all geek heads lol )
So your sitting at the computer and BAM the word you needed earlier just pops in your head,
When your were not thinking about it.
I bet if that person you was talking to earlier is still around, you run and tell them too.
Of course that could just be me!
Let me throw another example of noticing
There is a thread here that alot of you may have looked at and even posted on. It was the
Mike Filsaim Report
I won't go into the details of the pros and cons blah...blah...blah
What i will say is the person that has
trained them self to notice (in this case Mike's complete marketing process) instead of
thinking "What he trying to sneak in on me know?"
Gets it!! Swipe file anyone?
The point I'm trying to make is, its easy to
Over Think Our brains into a knot. You have to
Train yourself to just be open and notice your surroundings. Like a ninja in the night, trained not to think about how to act, but to act on what he notices without thought. (In our case write it down).
So Whats These Trigger Words?
For me its those enlightening moments that just show up. Like when one of those "
Thats Cool" thought hits me or "
How the heck did they do that"
Maybe a question you ahmm...over hear. How about a new product on the store shelf just sitting there starring at you or maybe a product you are using and you say to yourself "
I wish this thing would" did you
notice what you just asked yourself?
Heres one of my not to often best (
shhh...lets keep it to ourselves)
When one of my teens ask me how to do something on the net or how to do something with the computer I'm all over that baby, cause if your teens can't find it or have a friend that knows about it, what can I say?
Ok one last thing
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Did you see Ed's notebook on the latest video? It was full of little drawings and circles and things.
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Check this out
Back of the Napkin Its a look a getting your thoughts out with pictures.The book is also a good read.
P.S. This is not something that you should focus on alot right now, but may what to for sure bookmark and come back to.
Take a look at part C at why an apple is more than just an apple
Come to think of it , I think I heard of this site from Ed.
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