we all have good ideas. In fact, they are a dime a dozen, so how do you make them happen? In this webinar you will learn techniques for bringing your idea off the drawing board or bar stool and actually making them come alive, because only then do they really have value.

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HOW TO MAKE IDEAS HAPPEN!
David Kaiser, PhD (B90)
Executive Coach and CEO
Dark Matter Consulting

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Agenda
•Value of Ideas
•Establish Motivation
•Envision Success
•Track Progress
•Enlist Allies
•Set Next Steps

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The Value of Ideas
Ideas by themselves…are worth nothing.

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The Value of Ideas
Everyone and their uncle has some great ones that
NEVER go ANYWHERE!
“What if you mix the mayonnaise in the can, WITH the tunafish? Or... hold it!
Chuck! I got it! Take LIVE tuna fish, and FEED 'em mayonnaise! Oh this is
great!” -Bill from the movie “Night Shift”

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The Value of Ideas
Ideas can change the world, BUT, only if they are
backed up by EXECUTION.

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The Value of Execution
• Until you start to execute, an idea is just that, and
there is plenty of reason to doubt it.
• You need to erase that doubt…
• The “realer” an idea gets, the more valuable it
becomes

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Execution Requires Motivation
• Executing an idea can be work, you need
motivation to keep you going if it gets tedious or
scary
• Money alone is not enough

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What is your motivation?
• How will your idea change the world?
• Whose life will be better?
• What’s in it for you besides money & celebrity?

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Envision Success
How will you know when you’ve succeeded?
•Changed the world?
•Proven it can be done?
•Sold your idea?
•Built a company around it?

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The MAGIC Question!
How will I know when….?

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Why is this important?
You are more likely to get where you’re going if you
know where it is…

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Track Progress
Why?
Most things worth doing can’t be done in one sitting

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Track Progress
DONE!
TO DO

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Track Progress - Methods
Block regular time in your calendar
Have a folder / spreadsheet to track tasks
Make a Gant Chart
Recruit an Accountability Partner

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Enlisting Allies
Lawyer
Connector
Critic
Entrepreneur
Coach

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Stay Flexible
The execution of your idea may change a lot as it
unfolds.
You may need to reexamine your plan, or even your
goal!

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Why?
• Louis & Clark knew where they were going, not
how to get there…
• Columbus was looking for India…
• Pasteur’s experiments were “ruined” by
penicillin…

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Next Step
• Sometimes, like Louis & Clark, a detailed map is
not available, you just need a goal and a Next
Step…

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Next Step
• When in doubt, think about your goal, and think of
one or two steps that can move you a little closer.
Do that, then reevaluate

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Iterate
Every so often, go through the steps again:
Review your idea, motivation, vision of success,
goals (& goal-tracking system), team, and next steps,
then get moving again.

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The Temptation!!!!
You will be tempted to quit,
Because you are frustrated or tired
Ignore this urge, and look for the silver lining in
the grey cloud (It is ALWAYS there)

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The Temptation!!!!
“Problems are only opportunities in work
clothes.” - Henry J Kaiser
“Every problem is an opportunity”
-David Kaiser

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Re-Cap
•Ideas are worth diddly by themselves
•Get motivated!
•How will you know…”
•Track your goals
•Everybody needs somebody, sometimes!
•What is the next step?
•Problems are opportunities in disguise!

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Offer(s)!
•Two free white papers, on productivity and life
mission, at www.DarkMatterConsulting.com,
when you subscribe to my newsletter
•45 minute session “jumpstart to Extraordinary!”
for $87 (a $225 value). Reserve your spot here:
www.bookeo.com/darkmatterconsulting

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Want to Learn More?
If you are ready to set the world on fire,
contact us at info@DarkMatterConsulting.com
or 773.454.7606
And we’ll get you going!
Woo-hoo!!! You’re gonna love
this!