Connection not protection.
Share your best ministry, research, and writing ideas with others; don’t follow the 10/10 rule and hoard them as if they need to age to perfection. Someone may be able to do something with them–and help you develop your idea in the process. We are involved in Kingdom activities, not competition. No secret R&D departments looking for ways to make a better hamburger.
For example, you can often get an idea about my next book by reading my blog, following on Twitter, listening to my podcasts, and hearing me speak at events.
Aren’t you afraid someone will steal your ideas?
No. I don’t claim those ideas as mine, but from the Lord. I just want to be a wise steward with them. I have noticed as soon as you think you have a new, innovative, creative idea, there are several other people in the world (whom you may not know) who are already thinking the very same thing. And even if someone takes an idea and runs with it, he or she will do so in a way that is different from me. We may be using the same watercolors and painting the same tree, but we are different artists with different styles.
Don’t protect your ideas, connect with others and share them.
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Brad Wall with Global Gates is this week’s guest on Strike the Match. Listen as we discuss reaching unreached people groups in the United States. iTunes | Android | RSS
