Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Common thoughts foretell a general consensus.

Someone tells me something. Wait, I said that last week when talking to yet another person. Wait, two independent conversations with different audiences, and the same idea is stated.

There is a trend here. A consensus is forming. Perhaps great minds think alike (wouldn’t it be nice if that were true). Perhaps it is all just an accident, and we should go on and forget it.

In my experience, this is an opportunity that I have neglected too often. Sometimes different persons in different situations have the same idea. Momentum is building. If I like the idea, I should keep it going.

• We don’t have to talk bad about the person who is not in the room
• We don’t have to let work expand to the time allotted
• We don’t have to let things be the way they have always been
• We can change
• We can do something that makes a difference
• We can continue this list for a long time

Seize the moment. Seize the momentum. Keep a good idea moving. And always give credit to the person who repeated your good idea.