You might have — or come up with something even better — if your approach was right.
Everything you see or hear started as an idea.
Every building, every business, every TV show, every song.
Before it existed, it was just in someone’s head.
We tend to assume the people who create these things are smarter, or their ideas come out more fully formed. The truth is, they understand the process — and they act on it.
Earl Nightingale had a simple challenge: write down twenty ideas every single day.
Not three or five — twenty.
Not that they will all be great. Most won’t even be good. Especially at first.
A few will be half-baked.
That’s fine. The point is to keep the ideas coming.
You only need one good idea to change your life. The law of averages says the more ideas you come up with, the better your odds. Plus with practice, you get better at it.
Here’s what most people miss: the “bad” ideas aren’t wasted.
They drop into your subconscious, which keeps working even when you’re not aware of it.
That’s often where the spark comes from — a scrap of a thought you dismissed last week ends up being the missing piece to a bigger puzzle.
All you know is you’re thinking about something, have a flash, and now you’ve got the answer.
But it wouldn’t have happened nearly as fast — if at all — without all those “bad” ideas you tossed aside.
I challenge you to try it for a month. If you can’t hit twenty at first, do what you can.
If it doesn’t help, you can always go back to the old way.
But I’d bet it does.
This doesn’t have much to do with real estate directly.
But it’s improved my marketing and how I run my business, which makes a difference everywhere.
When you’re ready for help with real estate, I’m here.
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