Sometimes ideas in my mind sound totally different when I say them out loud.
Often, I’ll have a great idea when in the shower, and after getting to work I excitedly share it with someone.
But once I say it out loud, it sounds like the stupidest thing I could have ever said.
That’s why I like working as part of a team. Bad ideas can be dispensed with quickly, or better yet, someone will respond with something like, “That’s stupid, but if we turn it sideways and paint it blue, it just might work.” That’s how ideas grow.
Yesterday on my way home from work, I was talking with my father on the telephone. Like everyone else who works for the government, I’m less than enthralled with Congress. As we were talking, I blurted out that even though it was disruptive to be furloughed again, I’m still blessed to have a job when many of my chronological peers are not so blessed.
It’s easy to forget the good stuff.
My advice – Don’t.
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