Sunday, March 2, 2008

Letting go of idea ownership

I just finished Seducing the Boys Club by Nina Disena. Great book. One of the things she talks about is how everyone wins with collaboration. She references an excellent quote from Ronald Reagan:

"It is unlimited what we can accomplish when no one cares who gets the credit."

Sometimes, when someone takes one of your ideas and runs with it, it can be hard to let it go. It's hard not to find yourself thinking -hey! that's MY idea!

Just take it as the ultimate compliment and remember that more and greater ideas are born when everyone contributes.

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