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IDEA SURPLUS DISORDER How to stop thinking too much & @MatthewHomann doing too little. 2017 Matthew Homann All Rights Reserved

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IDEA SURPLUS DISORDERHow to stop thinking too much &

@MatthewHomanndoing too little.

ⓒ 2017 Matthew Homann All Rights Reserved

My name is Matt Homann

and I suffer from

Idea Surplus Disorder.

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I’m also a recovering lawyer.

Please don’t hold

Twitter: @matthomann

that against me.

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The problem isn’t having

great ideas, it is having to do

something with them.

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Let me introduce you to

one of my “surplus” ideas.

www.InvisibleGirlfriend.com

Meet my Invisible Girlfriend.

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It helps you tell a better

story about a relationship

www.InvisibleGirlfriend.com

you’re not actually in.

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an Invisible Boyfriend in

case you’re interested…

Don’t worry, there’s also

www.InvisibleBoyfriend.com

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Meet my five excuses.2006 - 2014

PriorityMy First Excuse

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The world is filled with great

ideas craving the attention

of their distracted owners.

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If you’re not compelled to act

upon your idea, it was never

really yours to begin with.

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NoveltyMy Second Excuse

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In every work of genius

we recognize our own

rejected thoughts.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Most who’ve had your great

idea before have done as

little with it as you.

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Problems are rarely more

“obvious” than at the precise

moment someone solves them.

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The most “obvious” problems

are best at hiding from those

who fail to look for them.

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ValidityMy Third Excuse

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Your peers don’t challenge

your best ideas because

they fear you’ll fail.

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They challenge your ideas

because they’re afraid you’ll

change faster than they can.

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Truly great ideas are selfish

companions. They won’t rest

until you change yourself

to serve their needs.

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SecurityMy Fourth Excuse

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Others aren’t interested in

stealing your ideas. They’re far

too busy ignoring their own.

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Your reluctance to share says

more about you than it does

about the quality of your idea.

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in the company of others.

when they spend time

The best ideas flourish

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CommunityMy Fifth Excuse

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Though it feels safer to fail

alone than to fail with others,

it is far easier to succeed with

others than to succeed alone.

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The biggest barriers to your

idea are rarely erected by

anyone other than you.

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The rest of the story…2014 - 2017

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Happily ever after isn’t about

building something others

love as much as its building

something you do.

Happily ever after isn’t about

building something others

love as much as its building

something that you do.

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Happily ever after isn’t about

building something others

love as much as its building

something that you do.

solve problems in person.

TheFilament.com

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Filament transforms terrible meetings

by helping groups of smart people

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Don’t measure others’ willingness

to help you do something against

your ability to do it yourself.

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Make “Unreasonable Requests.”

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And amazing things can happen!

Thank you!

[email protected]

@matthomann

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