A friend of mind pointed out the obvious today, and I have to have my say. 

Every network marketing blog on the planet talks about dreams, goals, action plans, daily method of operation.  And I will blog about those too.

But today, let me just echo my friend Theo Jansen at http://seaim.com/blog/   He has absolutely hit the nail on the head about imagination.

Let me explain my take on this.  I’m tempted to say “There are two kinds of people in the world:  those who feel free to use their imagination and those who don’t.”  Everyone has imagination.  It’s a God-given instinct.

Here’s how it works for me.  I have ideas all the time.  If I don’t pay attention to them, they go away.  If I pay attention, write them down, expand on them, they expand and develop in my mind. 

When I was a child, I daydreamed at school (and at home too) where I was penalized for it.  Fortunately for me, the penalties didn’t deter me from allowing my imagination to function.  Over the years, it has ebbed and flowed, but never disappeared entirely.

There are two kinds of imagination.  One leads to fun and profit, and the other leads to misery and paralysis.  Albert Einstein wrote, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”   Jane Austen wrote, “Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.  I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can.”

Let’s follow their lead.  Here’s why:  those positive thoughts give your mind and body energy (chemically speaking).  That is the first reason why they are important.  The second reason follows the first:  positive thoughts lead to more positive thoughts.  This is the stuff dreams are built of.

So to boil it down, notice your thoughts.  Get the positive ones on paper.  Don’t censor them.  Reject the negative ones.  Follow up on the best ideas, and soon you will be having fun and making a profit!

Thanks to Theo, Albert and Jane, and to all those wonderful people who have gone before me.  I’m standing on their shoulders.

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