That's a BAD Idea!

“The day before something is a breakthrough, it’s a crazy idea.” – Peter Diamandis

A few weeks ago I heard about a woman named Stephanie Matto who earned over $200,000 in a short amount of time selling - and I swear I am not making this up -

Farts in a Jar

How many of us would ever have even thought of selling something like that, let alone gone about pursuing it?

But, she did. And, earned LOTS of money in a very short amount of time by pursuing what most people would have deemed to be a completely ridiculous idea!

One of the Creative Thinking Training FUNshops we lead is centered around the method, Come Up With 10 Bad or Ridiculous Ideas.

The challenge for those participating is to first see if they can one-up each other with how BAD the ideas are that they propose. Then, participants re-consider each and ask,

The rest of this strategy has been archived, but you can read it in my forthcoming book, More Freaking Brilliant Ideas.

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About Bob Sager

The founder of SpearPoint Solutions, Bob’s professional background includes over three decades of experience in sales, leadership and training. Combined with creative thinking, he uses that experience to develop business strategies that help organizations increase sales and margins. Additionally, Bob facilitates training on methods of thinking more creatively that organizations can practically apply to all aspects of their business so they can thrive in the modern economy. 

Among other accomplishments, Bob is the inventor of the creative thinking game, What's the BIG Idea?™ and author of the books, Discovering Your Greatness and 101 Freaking Brilliant Business Ideas. He is also the creator of a budget friendly way to access his ideas, the Freaking Brilliant Ideas Bank.