Embracing the Unknown and How It Is Necessary For Entrepreneurs and Creative Thinkers
One characteristic that all creative thinkers and entrepreneurs share with each other is that they embrace the unknown.
I had the fortunate ability to participate in a mastermind group Platinum and one of the members on there was Rick Raddatz. He shared something with us that really hit home to this point.
Rick if you don’t know came up with Audio Generator, located at audiogenerator.com with Alex Mandossian and Armand Morin. The service allows you to put your voice up anywhere over the web. People call into a number using the telephone and the file is immediately recorded and ready to be put on your website.
He said when he first had the idea for Audio Generator, it was actually a completely different service. It was actually to help married couples. When he presented the idea and was talking to and got the advice from Dan Kennedy, Dan said to him, “It’s not as profitable in the mode that you’re trying to use it.”
When Rick was faced with the decision of whether he keeps pursuing that concept or try something completely new, he was at a crossroads, and he decided to try to use Audio Generator as a marketing tool versus a tool to help married couples.
He was going in to the unknown. He had no idea whether it would be successful. He had no idea how to market it to that kind of industry. He was going where he had never gone before, but he embraced that. That was the exciting part of it all.
Remember, when we’re choosing between mediocrity and unlimited potential for your success, the difference boils down to doing what’s comfortable and doing what’s risky.
What are you going to do? Are you going to settle for the comfortable or are you going to try to take a chance and go where no one has gone before and embrace the unknown?
The difference between creative thinkers and the rest of the world is that creative thinkers are not afraid to explore the unknown.
The people who discover new countries or new product ideas or new businesses or try completely different markets with an existing product or service, are the ones who decide that they want to explore uncharted territory.
The people who invent new technology are the ones who believe that a better solution is out there.
You see, creative thinkers have this confidence, this quiet confidence in their abilities to generate ideas, no matter what problems or obstacles they face.
They don’t fear failure, but they still fear it a little bit. The reason they don’t fear failure as much is because they have the confidence in their ability to generate solutions for whatever problems come in front of them.
That quiet confidence enables them to tackle all kinds of new opportunities, to go in to new territories, to develop products that have never been developed before, because they don’t worry about what could happen, their focus is on the potential of what could be.
I want you to imagine yourself standing in front of two doors. Behind the first door is the road well traveled. It’s well groomed, there’s lots of sign posts, there’s not many twists and turns, and you’re pretty much guaranteed an easy journey. But you already know where this road is going to take you, and the destination that you’re looking for is not too exciting.
What about door number two? What’s behind it is limited only by the reach of your imagination. If you choose to take this path, you can expect it to be wild and completely unpaved. You’ve got to be a true trailblazer, swinging your machete through the branches. But in return, you’re going to go down in history as the one who created the road instead of just following it.
People say that instead of standing idly by and watching others pass before you, you made things happen. For you, for your business, for your family, and for your future.
Behind door number two is your reputation as a calculated risk taker; a person of great courage, someone who gives a lot in order to get a lot. Door number two is your gateway to your boundless success.
Which door will you open?
About the Author
Stu works with entrepreneurs who want creative marketing ideas that grab attention and boost sales. Delivering his passion for creative marketing solutions through his live teleseminars, audio programs and coaching clinics. Stu has consulted world class marketers such as Dan Kennedy and Mark Victor Hansen. Join the thousands of other entrepreneurs at www.MyIdeaGuy.com who have said YES to a future with less frustration and more profits!
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