There's a problem with advice...
We don't usually like each other's ideas.
Seriously.
I wouldn't have written your book... or started your kind of church... or branded your event that way... you get the drift. So when we ask each other for advice, we're getting a pretty biased perspective. All advice ought to end with "if you like that sort of thing."
Take comfort in knowing that great ideas are unrecognizable before they're executed.
In other words, it's okay if people don't like your ideas. They're not supposed to. Otherwise, they'd be their ideas. So go for it. Defy popular opinion.
If I had written this post I would have.... :)
Posted by: Daniel Decker | January 30, 2009 at 08:37 AM
i dont care for ideas bc its someone telling others what to do, een if a suggestion
i love ideas, others or mine, it dont matter... in an open source free economy world, ideas build on ideas get better bc of wisdom of crowds
Posted by: djchuang | January 30, 2009 at 09:00 AM
typo on above-- shoulda been i dont care for ADVICE... love IDEAS...
typing on iphone.. or trying to...
Posted by: djchuang | January 30, 2009 at 09:03 AM
Thanks, I think I will take your advice. Wait...is this post an idea or advice? :-)
Posted by: Steve Patton | January 30, 2009 at 09:20 AM
i have a readership of contrarians. I never expect on any given day that you'll take anything i write seriously. =)
Posted by: Ben Arment | January 30, 2009 at 09:37 AM
Hey Ben! I think you're right. Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:
"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."
- Howard Aiken (His idea was to build "automated computer machines". In 1939. Not bad.)
Posted by: Ally Fouts | January 30, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Good stuff Ben. I'm with DJ on loving ideas. Love being a part of communities on and offline that push each other through idea sharing.
Posted by: adam herod (aka @mergeworship) | January 30, 2009 at 10:51 AM
i think we have a division of entrepreneurs and sages in this discussion.
Posted by: Ben Arment | January 30, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Great stuff, as usual.
I'm going to remember that Ben when you give me feedback on my book.
Jon
Posted by: Jon Acuff | January 30, 2009 at 03:56 PM
I like things.
Posted by: bramsvan | January 30, 2009 at 09:42 PM
are you living in my head?
Posted by: brewster | February 02, 2009 at 02:37 AM
You basically said the same thing at lunch the other day. thanks for the encouragement.
Posted by: Greg Darley | February 02, 2009 at 08:46 AM