Innovators do not usually follow the rules, they have new ideas and take action
They dared to come forward from the crowd, speak their minds. Innovators drive the creation and transformation of the world.
However, people with innovative traits, and we imagine the difference. Many of them are procrastinators; when they commit delay, they think of the most valuable ideas.
It’s true that there are people who do things in the last minute. They spent most of their time in the mix, and did not produce any new ideas. But on the other hand, people who rush to do things, has been in anxious rush state, these people can not have new ideas.
In the middle there is a just the best “delay time” for innovators.
Wharton Business School has done an experiment, asking subjects to think of new business plans, and then let independent third parties to assess the creativity and practice of the subject. Some people are asked to start this task immediately. Others were randomly asked to procrastinate for a while. The results showed that the procrastinator was 16% more creative than the other two groups of subjects.
Because, after you are told to complete a task, then you start to delay, the idea of the task is still active in your mind, then will have a new idea. Delays give you time for divergent thinking, thinking in a non-linear fashion, and then getting an unexpected breakthrough.
The ‘procrastination’ is actually ‘contemplating’
Many great history of the original creator, are people who love procrastination. Such as Leonardo da Vinci. He interrupted for 16 years, drew a “Mona Lisa.” He felt very failed, in the diary poured a lot of regret. But during this time, he intensified his study of optics, and changed the way he shaped light to make him a better painter.
Martin Luther King, the most important speech of his life, was awake at three in the morning and was still writing. Before he took office, he sat in the auditorium, still writing on the speech. When he took to the stage, after 11 minutes, he did not follow the preparation of the content, but read out the words to change history: “I have a dream.
He postponed the speech to the end, adding ideas to it. It is precisely because the script is not fixed, he has the freedom to improvise.
Although procrastination can lead to a decline in productivity, it may also be a cradle of new creation. You see in the original body who is the nature of their beginnings to do quickly, but eventually completed a long time.
On the surface, many of the originals look very confident, the original will feel fear, they are only in different ways to face. They are also afraid of failure, but they are different from others, they are more afraid not to try.
They know that venture companies may fail, but do not try is the most complete failure. In the long run, our greatest remorse is not what we do, but we do not do anything.
Elon Musk has said he does not expect Tesla to succeed. He was convinced that SpaceX’s previous launches were not going to be scheduled, not to recycle, but not to try.
Most people have good ideas but often not trying to do
When you visit all walks of life, after the visit at all levels of people, ask them the most important idea, what is the proposal, 85% of people will remain silent, afraid to sound, they are afraid of their embarrassed, looks stupid.
The original creator usually has a lot of bad ideas, great originators are those who fail the most, because they are trying to get the most people.
Take some of the best classical composers for example. Even the three great classical musicians – Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart – all wrote hundreds of pieces to make a few masterpieces.
Originators and other people’s differences are not large. They also fear, doubt, commit delay. They have a bad idea. However, these will not hinder them, because it is these factors, they can be successful. So when you see these situations, do not despise.
If you are such a person, do not despise yourself. You need to know that start quickly and end slowly can boost your creativity. Face the fear of giving up, get a few bad ideas then finally come to a GOOD IDEA. Being an innovator is not easy, but this is the best way to change the world.
