When I was asked to participate in the T cubed project, I was a bit hesitant. I was not sure I had anything of real value to share, or any process that is just groundbreaking in the way of thinking. Then I realized that it isn’t rocket science. You just have to take what you have, look at it a different way, and see what you can do with it.
I pay someone to come to my house and spray for bugs, roaches, spiders, grasshoppers, those nasty creepy crawly things no one likes. However, in Thailand, they pay people to serve them so they can eat those creepy crawly things. We both pay someone for the same thing, but for different reasons. I want to get rid of them, they want to obtain them.
It is taking what you have and moving it differently. Stretching your imagination, looking for that one true Aha moment. It’s a clue, that moves you to the next level, where you find the puzzle piece, which fits part of the puzzle, but you need the next clue to find the next piece. Only to find that piece is not exactly what you wanted. Then you go back and find something you already have and make it new. Again that Aha moment.
Einstein said – or at least I think it was Einstein, “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” That’s all it takes, is a passion and a curiosity. Everyone has those qualities. Those are just human nature. The late Steve Jobs in his commencement speech reflected on his success: “Much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.”
My T cubed words of wisdom is to find what you are curious about and how you can be passionate about it? What can you take that is ordinary from everyday life, and make it your Aha moment?
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