YOUR IDEA IS NOT SPECIAL.

Every day, I wake up with at least one idea in my head. It’s hilarious, but it’s true. Maybe it’s the overthinker complex in me, but I’m always thinking of what I can do and visualising it. And I visualise it so well that it almost feels like a superpower.

But here’s the funny part.

Out of 100% of the ideas I get, I only write down like 5%. And out of that 5%, I probably act on just 3%. That is actually wild.

Sometimes, before I even get around to implementing an idea, someone else has already done it. Boom. I get discouraged. And just like that, the idea dies in my head, unsponsored and unexecuted.

But here’s what I’ve learned so far: your idea is not special.

My ability to randomly generate ideas is not unique. It’s not rare. It’s not even impressive. It’s just… normal.

The way King Solomon said in Ecclesiastes that there’s nothing new under the sun, yeah, he wasn’t joking. There’s nothing new about your plans. As you’re thinking it, someone else is already implementing it. As you’re still “planning”, someone else is already testing, failing, adjusting, and winning.

I saw a status last week of someone attempting to create a technological device to make scripture projection faster in church. Guess what? I later came across a video of someone who had already launched an app that does that exact same thing.

And that was the reminder I needed.

So, dearest reader, you and I are not the only ones thinking of big things. A million other people are thinking too. Some are even thinking better.

But at the end of the day, it’s not about who has the best idea. It’s not about he that thinketh.

It’s about he that implementeth.

Because in this life, execution is what crowns the king.

@favvy_Okwans🖤.