An idea shared has the power to inspire and engage

For too long, I've been keeping ideas to myself. Not to hoard them, but rather out of fear of being seen as a dreamer, a crackpot. I felt that ideas weren't worth sharing unless they were fully formed, ready to be funded and planned and executed. The idea had to be both novel and important in some way and that somehow, mine rarely measured up. 

But recent work on my personal mission has helped reframe my thinking about these ideas. Now, I see these incomplete ideas as seeds of greater understanding, as opportunities to inspire and engage. I see, too, that these ideas are a gift just waiting to manifest.

It's time to live out loud, to speak up, to free those unfinished thoughts and open myself up to the new experiences and understanding that only collaboration can bring. Most learning and growth happens when we share experiences, understanding, desires, and challenges. To that end, I'll use this space to bring those ideas off the notepad, out of the mindmap, and into the crowd master mind.

I'll hold fast to a belief that, through sharing, these ideas will stimulate dialog. Through that dialog, we will bring our efforts into alignment and integrate our resources. Together, we'll create future states greater than each of us alone would dare dream.

So, please... Join me in this journey of understanding. Let's flesh out some big ideas.


Peace and progress,
Tom