Are all the big ideas gone?

While reading about Dan Edelman originating the media tour, a thought occurred to me that I have had many times before. Are all the big ideas gone?

I used to have this feeling as a child when discovering all the new things life had to offer, and wishing I were the one who had thought of the idea. This is still a feeling I get whenever I see something new on the market. I see invention after invention and think to myself that this must be it; this is the last great idea! Clearly, this is foolish and I am always quick to push that feeling away.

I want to change the way people see things. Be it ordinary or extraordinary things. I think Dan Edelman shared this trait too. He wanted to change the way people saw something as simple as hair care. And he did.

I think it’s possible to change the world in ways people may never notice, or in ways everyone notices. But no matter what you do, leave your mark. Intrapreneuer, or entrepreneur just make something new and keep the wheel going. If I have learned anything from reading Dan Edelman’s book it would be this, "Be creative. Strive for the big idea. Be realistic, but dare to be different." 

Having a big idea isn’t the hard part. The hard part is getting past the fear that such a big idea brings. The fear is what keeps so many from going after what they want. Dan Edelman saw a big idea and did something. He took his idea and he made it a reality. That big idea was what catapulted him into the success he had.

So I ask you to be one thing: ful. Hopeful, thoughtful, tasteful, and powerful. It takes courage to create a big idea, and it never happens overnight. Stick with it.

Jen Garrett is a senior Public Relations student at DePaul University. She started this blog as a way for she and her peers to share their ideas in a public way. She specializes in all things beauty and Public Relations and hopes to create a career out of changing the way people interact with their beauty products.

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