The Idea Overwhelm Myth Exposed

You’re passionate. You want to make things happen, but you have too many ideas.

Does this sound familiar?

If so, you’ve got a case of idea overwhelm and as you keep reading, you’ll discover how this is a simple trick your brain plays on you to keep you stuck and in your comfort zone.

It feels like your head is about to explode. There’s despair, screaming, and crying going on inside your head, all at once.

You read posts – maybe even my posts – about how you should be taking action; how you should find your passion and just start, but you aren’t sure about how.

How are you supposed to figure out what you want to do when you have so many ideas and interests?

The Problems We All Face

I want to make a difference, be happy, and fulfilled.

And you do, too, right?

But we have these things called beliefs in our head, which dictate what we believe to be real. Successful people have beliefs that help them reach their goals, while unsuccessful people have beliefs that sabotage every single positive thing in their life (well, okay, almost!)

So before you dive off the deep-end, keep in mind that what you believe may not be what is truly real.

It’s easy to feel that you’re not good enough or that you’re a horrible writer or even that you don’t have anything to contribute to the world.

But…

Those are merely YOUR beliefs. They are not absolute truths. They are simply things you believe to be true.

Once you realize that, you also realize that you have the power to change your beliefs. This is a topic I need to write more about in the future, but for now, let’s stick to killing the idea overwhelm myth, shall we?

Here’s How You Can Guarantee Frustration For Life

A lot of people that I talk to say they have an avalanche of ideas, but when I start probing deeper, I realize that most of those ideas are not ideas, they are dreams that would be nice things to have, or have done.

I have come across this several times myself; it’s when I get caught up in something and start working so hard it almost kills me.

I’m obsessive, but these kind of ideas and dreams make me a bonafide workaholic. I start reading everything I can about becoming a stock market master, just because it would be nice to have a lot of money. It would be nice to be able to do that, because the image I have in my mind of being someone who trades stocks is nice.

But usually that figment of my imagination is a far cry from reality. Many of the ideas you have will be similar; they will be things you would like to have done.

Many people say they want to write a book, but what they really mean is they want to have WRITTEN a book already so they can reap the rewards.

When you get real with yourself, you realize that the amount of ideas you have really isn’t that overwhelming.

The “I Love Life” Ideas

These are the ideas you want to focus on. They aren’t some wishy washy crap that would be nice to have. You don’t want them because of something society has told you, or something that you believe that isn’t real.

The ideas that really matter are the ones where you will enjoy both the process and the goal, because let’s face it, you will be spending most of your time walking and immersing yourself in the process.

If you don’t like writing – and don’t want to learn how to write – chances are you won’t want to create a text-based website.

All is not lost however. You can always create something else, such as a podcast, or a video blog. But nothing happens until you realize what is going on inside your mind.

If you just think that you have a lot of ideas and leave it at that, you will never get anywhere. Or even worse, you’ll fall for many of the get rich quick schemes because you don’t know what you really want, so you start chasing money.

The 5 Steps to Finding Your “Golden Nugget” Idea

And chasing money isn’t going to make anyone happy, except the bankers. I don’t know where that came from, but it sounded fitting in my brain, so I’ll let it stay.

You will find no revolutionary formula here for finding your best idea. The execution – or taking action – is almost always more important than how you do something.

The following tips are very simple, and that is what makes them so effective, but you do still have to sit down and observe how you function and what your beliefs are.

If not, you won’t be the one in the driver’s seat.

1. Accept. First, you have to accept that you have beliefs that are messing you up. You have to accept that most of your ideas are not really what you want; they are merely things that you think you want.

2. Introspection. When you’ve done this, it’s time to take a good look at what ideas you have. Write down everything you can come up with, preferably old-school style with pen and paper.

3. Observe. Look at what you’ve written down. Cross out the ideas and aspirations that don’t appeal to you at all. They sounded good in your head, but out on paper they don’t fit with who you are anymore.

4. Play. Play the rest of your ideas like a movie in your head. This will show you what the path to the goal is. If you want to write a book, the path would be hours and hours of honing your writing and editing and writing some more. Remember, the process is where you’ll spend most of your time.

5. Move. Now take action. We’re not here to think in theory. I hate theory for its sometimes amazingly impractical nature, so do something with what you’ve just learned.

Life is not about reaching and achieving goals, even though it’s fun when you do, it’s about the middle stuff that no one talks about.

It’s about the plateaus, the walls, and … the process.

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