I really enjoy sharing my ideas, whether it’s through this blog, videos, or comments via Twitter. The feedback I get from your comments makes it even more rewarding. In most cases, I want to share positive things I have learned at Avnet.
However, sometimes I have difficultly coming up with a topic I think will be relevant to my audience, or I believe the topic may be so obvious that nobody will care. This is the dreaded writer's block, which all writers talk about overcoming before they can produce their masterpiece.
Writer's block occurs in all of us, even if writing is not part of our normal business or personal activity. It’s called procrastination. We procrastinate for various reasons. For example, we rationalize that our ideas aren’t good enough, or somebody must have already done it or said it, so why bother? The reality is we all have great ideas that other people may have thought about, but the person who acts is the one who makes a difference.
Just think if your favorite author or musician thought that way. Check out this video by Derek Sivers on YouTube to see an animated short on this topic.
There is also a great book I recommend if you want to learn more about ideas for overcoming your fear of starting any project. The War of Art by Steven Pressfield does an excellent job of explaining how he overcomes writer's block and how it can work for everybody, even if you are not a writer.
I’m sure people who know me are having a hard time believing I can’t think of something to say, at least given how badly the Cubs are playing. Nevertheless, any ideas out there I could hit on? Please send them my way. Thanks.
Creativity and schedules sometimes do not mix. One strategy is to store ideas as they come in when there are more than you need at any one moment in time. A set of ideas can suggest a structure to help get them across. If you have an outline, it's much less likely you'll have a lull in creative output.
Absolutely right that the person who acts is the one that makes the difference. For me, acquiring the disciple to act on a good idea, either to write it or implement it, is the difficult part.
Yes, Ashish, even machines need a rest and a time to recharge to work at peak efficiency. People need to find what serves to refresh them so that they can be energized to go forward.
Definitely taking a break would help we can try to divert oursleves by initiating in different activities, which we love to do. These kind of activities will relax our minds.
I believe sharing any problem is the first step to solving it. By doing this one quickly realizes that there are loads of people in the same boat and that in itself is a comfort. Also when I have struggled I try to go into autopilot and just start on something without worrying too much about the finished article. Once started any project will eventually take shape or will take shape on its third or fourth revision. Alternatively one could move to a cold rainy climate (like where I live) and one gets so bored staying indoors that any project is a welcome relief. Best of luck.
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Thailand Stages a Comeback Join EBN contributor Jennifer Baljko on Thursday August 23, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. EST for a live chat on how electronic manufacturers in Thailand have shored up their supply chain to reduce the impact of future natural disasters.
Euro-Crisis: What It Means for High-Tech Firms Join EBN Editor in Chief Bolaji Ojo and Contributing Editor Jennifer Baljko on Thursday, July 12, at 10:00 a.m. EDT for a Live Chat on high-tech and Europe's economic difficulties.
Microsoft Surface: Potential Winners & Losers What are the implications for the electronics industry supply chain of Microsoft Corp.'s decision to launch its own tablet PC? Join industry veteran and EE Times' systems and OEM expert Rick Merritt on Tuesday, July 3, at 12:00 pm EDT for a Live Chat on this subject.
Join EBN contributor Jennifer Baljko on Thursday August 23, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. EST for a live chat on how electronic manufacturers in Thailand have shored up their supply chain to reduce the impact of future natural disasters.
Peter Drucker famously said "Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window." Yet in the razor's-edge world of electronics—with a lean supply chain and just-in-time demands—the need to know the future is vital.
While no one really can accurately predict the future, we can take guidance from another Drucker saying which is the best way to predict the future is to create it.
You've heard the saying "the No. 1 supply chain risk is your people." That hasn't always been the case. But today's complex global supply chain requires a new type of multitalented employee. It's one who understands, finance, marketing, economics, is savvy with technology, graceful with relationships and can think analytically.
Where are these people? Are universities properly preparing the next generation supply chain professionals? How do train your existing workforce for these new, demanding positions?
Brian Fuller, editor-in-chief of EBN, will lead a 60-minute Avnet Velocity panel discussion that will ask and answer these and other questions swirling around today's supply-chain talent challenges.
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