Don’t Isolate Your Ideas

One thing I keep learning: Sharing is Key to Success.

Have you ever been hesitant to share an idea, worried someone else might steal it? It happens a lot, even in the classroom.

Take my undergrad Intro to Marketing class. One team’s idea to promote a campus event? Posters in the parking garage. A solid start, but they were afraid to share, thinking others might steal it.

Here’s the truth: the idea wasn’t that unique. There wasn’t much to steal. By holding back, they missed out on valuable feedback and collaboration that could’ve made it more impactful.

When you keep ideas locked away, you lose out on fresh perspectives that can refine and elevate them. The best ideas evolve through sharing and feedback.

The lesson? Don’t keep your ideas siloed, isolated. Share them, collaborate, and let them grow!

But this is key: own your idea. Make this notion, or your take on it,  so unique that even if someone else claims it, they could never make it into reality like you can.

What do you think? Ever kept an idea to yourself and wished you hadn’t?

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