As they stimulate new thought processes. And if wisely used, can be valuable building blocks to future success.
Something I learnt:
Many years ago I wanted to learn how to paint oil paintings.
- I went into art material shops, but no one in the shop could tell me how to size and prime raw canvas.
- If you searched bookshops or libraries, there weren’t any art books that supplied any practical advice.
- And when you went to private artists’ studios, they wouldn’t tell you anything either. It seems they protected it somewhat like housewives holding back their secret recipes!
So I decided:
I would change all that and write more informative art books. So that up and coming aspiring artists would benefit.
- I started collecting information here and there and writing up notes. Then tested what I learnt and then typing up my experiences and findings into book form.
- Since art covers a vast curriculum I soon found I had to split up that first book several times.
- And as I gathered and experimented, I linked, categorized and compared the info. Taking out the basic facts, I simplified the facts by creating diagrams.
- And in the process I started to see a trend that exposed some very interesting facts that exposed long hold fallacies. That taught me a lot and how to be more observant.
Why am I telling you this?!
Wow-moments occur when you start to think more deeply about what you have seen, heard or read about.
Building bridges between facts, theory, fantasy and trends, your mind starts to tick over at an accelerated pace, so fast that it’s hard to keep tabs on your thoughts.
It isn’t long before important facts start to `stand-out-like-a-sore-thumb’ or like a `red-lolly-pop’. It is then you know you have a bonus-plus situation, useful stuff that you can use to your advantage.
The tipping-point:
When something like that happens, you say to yourself “Bingo! This is fantastic stuff. It sure puts the cat-between-the-pigeons!”
You ask yourself:
- Can you run with it? And how will it work out?
- Will I have to make changes to it, to fit my own situation or project?
- Which of my skills or talents can I use to turn it to my advantage?
And that is how new inventions occur:
Taking well known stuff, comparing possibilities and adding new concepts to it.
- The whole process is like taking an adventure into the unknown. To places you would have never even considered before. All because you took time and the trouble to put things together.
- Fame and fortune wasn’t and isn’t built on dull people. It’s those who seek Wow-moments that get places.