It's been about a year since I freed myself from my crazy ideas. At the time, Ian and I had just finished working on the first prototype of iSpy and our Real World Gaming platform. I realized I had reached this milestone countless times before with other projects. We built it. It worked. Now the only thing that could prevent this from being a massive success was my next crazy idea.
Luckily, I was working so hard on SplitP that I hadn't had any new ideas in the past few days. To prevent a new one from attacking I quickly started throwing away ideas left and right. I gave away one project on my blog and hid 20-30 Google Docs (easily a billion dollars worth of ideas) from myself to keep them out of sight and out of mind. When the dust settled, there were no survivors, not even this blog.
With nothing left to get in my way I've focused 110% on SplitP for the past year. I literally trained myself to stop having new ideas in fear that they will somehow knock me off my horse. This laser focus has resulted in remarkable progress on the project, but I can't help feeling like a part of me is missing.
A few days ago I was presented with an interesting opportunity. Someone approached us about using our Real World Gaming technology in a radical new way. It was a crazy idea. Something I had never even considered. This is definitely something I would have thought of a year ago! The more I thought about it, the more crazy ideas I had until I broke free from the prison I've spent the past year building around myself.
I'm realizing now that the relentless determination to fill every hole(hey Fred, that's what she said) and improve everything I come in contact with is what defines me as an entrepreneur. As a person. Its evolution. And being a part of evolution and experiencing evolution is what I live for.
So I realize now that I spent the past year going from one extreme to another. From working on a new project everyday to living and breathing just one idea for a year. The problem isn't the ideas, its subconsciously sabotaging the success of one idea with another. So going back to my original post a year ago, I am going to start writing more and sharing my ideas more freely. Maybe if I confront them directly and publicly they wont be so scary. |
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