Think like a Traveler

Have you ever noticed when you go to a distance city, there is a piece of your brain that is functioning on high.  You notice everything.  Coffee, money, buildings, are all different.  Trains need to be figured out, bus scheduled, part of your brain is super active.

Try to get into this state of mind.  Higher state of awareness.  You will observe more opportunities.  You will get better, more up to date information - giving you power.

In many situations, you will be challenged by people with 10 times more experience in a given area; capture your ideas and write them down.  Don't let others flush them down the drain.  The way things are always done, may have room for optimization or change. 

Capture your experiences when you are new, when you are observing.

The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.(Marcel Proust)

Listen to Tom Kelly's talk on "Young at Heart: How to be an Innovator for life" (http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2054) where he talks about thinking like a traveler.

Yesterday, I attended the nPlus1 Arc Summit (http://nplus1.org/tidbits/nplus1-arcsummit-1-0/) in Cini, OH.  I did notice that many participants were acting like travelers, asking questions, finding new lands, seeing opportunities and roadblocks with new eyes.  Thanks to Michael Wood and Brian Prince for being our travel guides.