Book Post #1

For my outside of class reading I am reading Making Ideas Happen: The obstacle between Vision and Reality by, Scott Belsky. I first sparked interest in reading this because with my Foreign Parent College Guidance Program an obstacle or fear I have is really making the project come to life. The idea I have firm belief in and clearly envision however it is the creation that is the difficult part. I hoped to find some guidance in reading this book. The firs bit of advice I received from the reading was “Overcome reactionary workflow and start pushing ideas forward”. What this means is although the easiest things to do are send emails and fill out little paperwork in order to get big things done you have to make time for the big steps, the kind of steps that push you to complete more and really start to build an outcome. If you never complete these kinds of steps then you’re product or idea will never leave the preliminary stages and you will lose interest because you won’t feel the reward of creation. The second piece of advice I received was “Let go of the myth of the lonely creative genius”. This advice means that although many of us may believe that handling things all on our own will look the most impressive and lead to the most reward reaching out to resources and getting help from others is key in developing something that will really be successful. The last piece of advice I have gathered from my reading so far is that you need to “push through the project plateau and finish”. Meaning that although long term goals are great you need short term goals in order to have constant progress. Otherwise you can get lost in the search of your long term goal.