When a business owner is presented with a new way of doing something, an often-heard response is: "that really won't work for me." The business owner was able to evaluate that new idea and mentally trash it all in a flash of a second. Probably 80-90% of the time, the owner is spot-on and made the correct decision. They know what their scene is, what makes it tick, what it needs, what it doesn't need.
Then there is that 10-20% when that new piece of information just may improve things. If the owner does not step back for a few extra seconds and look at how that could work in his/her business, then a real opportunity could be missed. There is SO MUCH information being thrown our way these days, that we sometimes don't take that extra time to evaluate new, promising ideas.
I have this notion that we, as business owners, have a sixth sense. We'll read or hear about some new way of getting things done and it kind of clicks somewhere in our mind that, yes, that piece of information just might work for us. So instead of filing that new idea away somewhere (on your hard drive or in your mind)—air it out and make an effort to implement it. See where it takes you. If you gave it a real shot and it didn't work, discard it and move on. If it did work, pat yourself on the back and realize there's another great idea just around the corner.
This is more true than ever. An information deluge.
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