Are you idea focused? Someone who loves thinking things through, exploring all options and getting lost in a train of thought can be found in every area of life. In fact, they are a vital component of every field. They can consider every point of view, position and possibility as if it were valid and true. In a given situation they can almost immediately tell you what is the most important part, the gist. These are the proverbial “thinking outside the box” people. They find exploring the idea and discovering the best solution more important than being right all the time. This frequently makes them less socially aware, and their people skills are often lacking.
Know that the thing you are working on is important; in fact, it has the potential to be revolutionary. While you can easily eschew fancy flourishes and wish everyone would get to the point and get to work, the great human side of yourself and those around you can make your work and your experience of life infinitely richer.
Motivation: When an idea or set of ideas takes over the mind of people called to such a life path, literally world changing things can happen. These people are motivated by the exploration of an idea or problem, and working toward finding solutions to those problems. Developing an idea to its very teetering limits excites these people more than anything.
Lessons to Learn for Idea Focused People:
- Overwhelming obsessions can lead to the birth of genius or the destructive forces of madness. Keep a part of yourself, even if just a small part, focused on the baseline of something grounded in the concrete world.
- Set boundaries for yourself with others; you need to keep the drama and stress at bay in order to have the energy to focus on your ideas. Petty conflict drains you. Be vigilant in keeping it out of your orbit.
- Make sure the solutions you create do not cause additional problems for yourself or make things worse for other people.
- If you get bogged down in all the doomsday scenarios you can envision, you will get trapped in fear. Fear is the enemy of the flow of ideas. It is potentially your greatest weakness.
- Set up a system to capture and collect your ideas and interests, however fleeting. When you are working on a topic and something seemingly unrelated comes to mind, don’t be so quick to discard it. Write it down in a notebook in case it has relevance to the task at hand or to something else in another part of your life.
Explorers Spiritually Seeking:
Idea people crave deep conversations, philosophical discussions, the analysis of every point of They love getting lost in the airy world of thought and the minutia of the kernel of an idea. Spiritually they love to learn about everything, and seem to expand their views as they go along. They need a space that is respectful and serious to avoid getting pessimistic about spiritual matters. They need to be reminded to connect the lofty spiritual ideas to the grounded practical world.