Ideas can change your life. And sometimes all you need is just one more good idea in a series of good ideas. It’s like dialing the numbers of a combination lock. After you’ve dialed five or six numbers, the lock may not come open. But you probably don’t need five or six more numbers. Maybe you need just one more number, one more idea. Maybe a seminar or a sermon can provide it. The lyrics from a song could do it. The dialogue from a movie could do it. Conversation with a friend might do it. If you keep your eyes and ears open, you’ll find that one last idea you need.
Once you find that idea, the lock comes open, and there’s the door for you to walk through. Just one more idea, no matter where you get it, may be all you need to open that door of opportunity.
If, however, the lock still doesn’t open, you may be lacking in inspiration. Who know why some people are inspired and some are not? Some people find a great idea and turn it down. Some people say that it costs too much. Some people say that it’s going to take too much time. Some people are too busy.
There are a lot of different reasons why some people are inspired to take advantage of a good idea while others pass it up. I (Jim Rohn) call it “mysteries of the mind.” And I just leave it at that. There are some things I don’t try to figure out.
Some people buy and some don’t. Some go for it and some don’t. Some change and some don’t. And if you’ve been around for a while, you can usually spot those who don’t take advantage of a good idea.
A man ask me, “How come all this stuff goes wrong for me?” I say, “I don’t know. Beats me! The most I’ve been able to figure out is that those kinds of things always happen to people like you.” I’ll bet he’s one of the ones who don’t take advantage of good ideas. If he continues on that path, he’ll probably never find the right combination. That honor will always fall on the ones who do… like you.
* Source: Leading an Inspired Life by Jim Rohn