3 Reactions to Opinions and Ideas
When you express an opinion to another person there are 3 possible primary reactions:
- Agreement
- Ambivalence
- Disagreement
The world is a big place and there are bound to be people who are ambivalent or in disagreement with your ideas. If you want to grow your idea into something larger than yourself then you need to disregard these two and focus instead on the people who agree with the idea. Agreement can lead to synergy – positive feedback on your idea which leads to greater energy than if the idea had just stayed with you. This is the path of least resistance in launching an idea.
Am I ever glad to have found you, thanks to the link from Seth Godin. (I’m former fine arts photographer, staffer at Cleveland Museum of Art, and now medium is workshopping)
What I love about your idea is the power contained in #1: hang around people who agree. Sure, difference is interesting, even nourishing some times. And moving forward in *defiance* of your opposition is much of an artist’s life, in my experience.
But confidence and energy is such a powerful boost to sustain creativity and innovation.
Confidence and Energy sustain Creativity… indeed! If you are pulling from the deepest place within yourself then the “being” (place of confidence and energy) and “doing” (creating art) become one in the same. Thanks Jim!