For New Ideas, Listen to Your Body [Start Your Week]

Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, and best-selling author, was asked by Tim Ferriss, how he comes up with ideas for his comic strip, every day. Scott said, the first thing I have to do every morning is clear my mind so I can then FLOOD IT with new ideas. But clearing my mind starts first with changes within my body. He says, when you have ideas going through your brain and a good new idea enters your brain, it will create a reaction inside your body. It might make you chuckle, give you an adrenaline rush, get the endorphins flowing, or send chills up your spine.

Feeling a reaction within your body will tell you when you have an idea that others will likely react to in the same way. 

When it comes to thinking of new things to talk about with customers, have you ever made that mind—body connection? Salespeople are constantly asking me for new ideas so they can update their sales story, mailers, blogs, marketing programs and so on. When they ask me for help, I know they’re just using their brain and not listening to their body to help sort ideas. Because once they understand the feelings that occur in the body when thinking of ideas, they will see how much easier it is to identify that new and exciting idea...