Try changing your mind

We all know that having a greGreat ideas often change your mind about something.

The iPhone changed minds about what a phone is for. Web3 changed minds about who should own what. The printing press changed minds about who should know what.

All great ideas, all changed minds.

One path to great ideas is to just have them, and then your mind is changed.

Another path is to try changing your mind, and let a great idea follow. Just to ‘try on’ other perspectives, perhaps ones less traveled, ones unexplored.

For instance, if you love using phones, put it in a drawer and watch what it does to your time, typing, app choices, workflows… and see what happens. Watch a kids cartoon instead of a movie. Read about gardening even if you hate gardening. Consider correlations between these disparate activities.

Great ideas are everywhere. And there are so many ways to access them.

“It is impossible for a person to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows.” – Epictetus, Discourses