How Do You Write A Great NotePD Post?
We all want to become idea machines on NotePD and communicate our ideas, so I studied a top trending post entitled "The Ultimate Guide to Becoming An Idea Machine" to find out how the idea lister wrote this great post.
1. Start by telling a personal story about your problem
@JamesAltucher begins this top trending NotePD post with the story of being at his absolute lowest, and starting to write 10 ideas a day to feel better. He was tired of feeling like he was drained of ideas, of creativity, of his zest for life, and writing 10 ideas a day brought back some hope of possibility to him.
2. Talk about finding a solution to your problem
James describes how he began to build a daily practice of writing 10 ideas a day and got excited about life again. Once he became an idea machine, he started sharing his abundance of ideas with others. Next, he started working on new projects based on his ideas.This created more opportunities for him in the future.
3. Talk about how the solution will work to solve your reader's problem
James discusses how many people don't keep their idea muscle in good shape, and it atrophies over time. But you are different, because you can learn from his experience and become an idea machine too. Not only that, you will become like a superhero of ideas, because every situation you find yourself in can be improved by you having good ideas about improving it. Idea machines figure things out. This is encouraging.
4. Back up what your are saying with scientific research
James says, in effect, "don't take my word for it, listen to what this expert is saying." He cites the research of Robert Epstein at UofC San Diego, who says "anyone can cultivate creativity, creativity is not so much a talent as a habit." The professor suggests keeping an idea notebook daily, and then challenge yourself to come up with outrageous ideas to expand your idea muscle. Then broaden your knowledge base and connect ideas, meet new people and have new experiences, to keep growing your idea skills.
5. The Power of Ten - Solid Advice Based on Personal Experience
James goes on to give a great description of the importance of coming up with 10 ideas if you can. Around idea 6, your brain starts to sweat, he says, like in a workout, where your endorphins start to kick in and you're starting to sweat and feel the buzz. He says if you can break through this point and keep going for 4 more ideas, you get to the gold mine of ideas.
6. Don't Focus on The Outcome, but the Practice
James says you never know what will happen when you come up with ideas, some will be good, some or most, will be bad, but it's not about the ideas, but who you are becoming - an idea machine with unlimited ideas always available to you to experiment with. He tells about the success he had making the Elance website to back this up.
7. Tell More Relatable Stories to Solidify the Solution
James tells the story about how the CEO of Odeo Ev Williams started developing a side project which investors in his company were unaware of. When he started going full on with it, he told investors about it, and offered to buy their shares back their shares if they didn't want to invest in it. They sold him their shares he eventually went on to develop Twitter from it. it all started with an idea.Then he became a billionaire. This states the value of ideas.
8. Go Beyond Your Solution
James talks about the ultimate in idea machine formation - idea sex. This is where you combine two ideas to come up with a better one.
9. Know when to shut your idea down
Be the devil's advocate - predict what your reader's fears are and answer them. Your reader is thinking "what if you come up with an idea you think is great and spend money on it and it doesn't work?" James talks about an idea he had for a dating site and he invested money then had a hunch it wasn't going to work and pulled the plug. It's ok to change your mind and your idea. You will always have more ideas. This story eliminates fear of ideas.
10. Coming up with Ideas Creates an Infinite Abundance Mindset
James talks about the big picture here. The mindset you develop when you become an idea machine - an abundance mindset. Becoming an idea machine is about who you become as a person. Someone who has ideas, and hope and a plan and takes action to improve your life. The life surprises you with amazing experiences. Ideas are infinite abundance.
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