What was the last good idea that you followed from the drawing board to actualization? Now what was the last good idea that you let slip by? How many ideas go through our minds that we simply don’t have the time and resources to bring to life?

Hopefully there is a high frequency when it comes to good ideas that were planned out and put to the test. However in the real world that isn’t quite possible. Unless of course you only come up with one good idea every couple of months, but we both know you can do better than that if you wanted!

So what should you do with all of your aging light bulbs? You can either act on them or forget about them.

If you want to act on them but don’t have the time, what are you doing now that isn’t necessary or could be postponed? What is required for you to raise the capital to fund this new project? Is it a matter of not eating out a couple times or as large of a decision as getting a second mortgage on the house? Perhaps you have to go talk to your friends and family about investing in you.

Whatever it takes to make your dream a reality, for the purpose of this article we’ll say you can’t or are unable to make the leap in a project you believe in. Now what? Do you let the idea sort of fade out of existence until the opportunity is gone, only to have it return as a regret?

Keep track of your ideas, make a folder for them. Allow them to evolve if they need to. But most importantly ACT. Act on some of your ideas. It’s much better to produce a decent project today than to search endlessly for the perfect idea.