“Thinking is a human endeavour to capture reality with the use of ideas”
Idea has been defined by many as a thought or conception that potentially exists in the mind as a product of mental activity, some call it an opinion, conviction, or principle, and others say it is a plan, scheme or method. Plato defined it as an archetype of which a corresponding being in phenomenal reality is an imperfect replica. Hegel called it “absolute truth”; the complete and ultimate product of reason.
Definitions apart, ideas that do not see the light of the day can be considered totally null and void, it is of no effect like the lawyers would say. It is a known fact that anything that is vividly imagined, sincerely desired, religiously believed and enthusiastically acted upon must inevitably come to pass. Such is the case of those ideas that actually rule the world. They come to pass.
The kind of thoughts we entertain, greatly influence the people around us positively or negatively. We are constantly surrounded by commercial images that propel us to think. It can influence every aspect of our lives. The power of an idea is one of the most important human qualities. It's free and subject to no rules or law. The power of an idea can make a person believe he is terminally sick or healthy. It does not matter where the ideas come from, and it doesn't matter whether they are right or wrong, once an idea is in your head, it will rule your world (Good ideas are the vaccination against bad decisions). They take us beyond the realm of what is available to us and gradually moves us to a realm beyond belief.
No human advancement has ever occurred, except as a result of ideas of men and women who possess ideas that no one else could. It is these men, in spite of criticism that stood their ground to bring us the incredible. The world’s greatest inventions and history’s greatest revolutions have come from these few people. From thoughts come ideas and from ideas come new inventions and businesses, some of which include: the Crayola brand crayons, started as a need for a child friendly school instrument, Post It Notes, was one of the created "failures" in a series of experiments in trying to create a heavy adhesive. Allen Breed invented the Car Airbags which uses a crash sensor to trigger a rapid expansion to protect you from the impact of an accident (In 1971, The Ford car company built an experimental airbag fleet). Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the airplane, which they preferred to call a "flying machine." Charles Proteus Steinmetz developed theories on alternating current that allowed for the rapid expansion of the electric power industry. Charles Martin Hall discovered the electrolytic method of producing aluminum cheaply and brought the metal into wide commercial use. Danish engineer, Valdemar Poulsen invented the arc transmitter in 1902. The arc transmitter, contrary to all previous types of radio transmitters in history, generated continuous radio waves.Willem Kolff invented both the first artificial heart and the first artificial kidney dialysis machine.
Our ideas are a preview of our hopes and aspirations they are a glimpse of the limitless potentials we possess in a world fraught with limitations. Society places individual boundaries around us within which we are expected to function. Leaving these boundaries fills our environment with a sense of unease as it suddenly looses grip on our limitations.
It is a clear fact that the suggestion of an idea is highly related to individual thoughts generated by the urgent need to make life easier by creating a better world. This is hinged on the belief that an inventive society will breed inventive people who will determine the destiny of the world they leave in.
Ideas may not always be popular, but they invariably rule the world.
Who would quarrel with the idea that ideas themselves are the most powerful currency in the new world of business? The real fight is over who controls them. You or I? The choice is yours.
