Seeing that the best way to receive is to give, the right question would be ‘What do I have to give?’. Coming up with a business idea is as simple as looking around you to see what is lacking and asking yourself what do I have to give to make things better. We are good at pointing out what is wrong with everything around us, murmuring and complaining, and wondering why someone has not done something about it. We can use those same fault-finding skills to uncover opportunities around us and as ‘What can I do to help?’
Most of my business ideas have come out of getting pissed off about a certain situation and finally deciding to do something about it. A business exists to solve problems. It is simply a matter of someone identifying a problem and taking the initiative to get it solved.
Every community has an opportunity for improvement. Every community has a need. Fault finding is a very useful skill if it is deployed in the direction of finding solutions rather than whining and complaining. You can activate the law of giving and receiving by starting to give.
Look around you. What is not working well? What pisses you off? What do you whine constantly about? Stop for a moment and imagine the impossible – what if you START to do something about it? You don’t have to start in a big way. In the beginning, you will be wondering what small you can do. What you need is an idea, and then start doing something about it. As you keep going, you get to form a team, and what seems impossible becomes probable, and if you keep on keeping on, it becomes inevitable.
Stop whining and complaining and start thinking about what you can do. You may be surprised that somewhere along the line, you have your own business idea.
It is time to ask yourself: ‘What do I have to give?’
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