Today, I learned about the importance of writing down ideas and revisiting them through the lens of the evolution of ideas.
Having encouraged my kids to write down their ideas at the start of the year, only to see them still stationary, it’s tempting to use them as a stick to beat them with.
The evolution of ideas suggests that it’s not you who is useless or lazy, but rather that the idea you came up with is not very good.
Write down your idea. “I want to save £60” is a start.
Use the difficulty. “What did you discover?” “What did you learn?”
Evolve your idea. “What do you want to change?”
And so it goes on, asking questions to build a clearer picture of what it’s going to take.
What struck me in this process with my kids was the importance of encouraging my kids not only to voice their ideas but to find a way to hold them to those ideas to find a better way forward.
Daring to dream starts with caring to ask: How are you getting on?