The longevity of your idea or proposal can be important. If you attempt to be trendy and what you have created has a short life-span it may not stand the test of time. If it takes years to bring your vision to life and your idea has a small shelf life, by the time you get in front of clients or investors interest may wane. It is better to put time, and energy into something that will last than to follow trends. This is where loving what you do will become extremely important. The longer it takes for your dream to take flight, the more passion you must have for it. Passion will be the driving force behind your pursuit. Without you, your idea, and your desire to see it through will run out of gas and fast! Don't be so lofty in your ideals that you cannot take criticism or corrections. Be open! A little adjustment can make the difference between funding and failure.
Evaluate your longevitiy and that of others
1. Name three things that you have given years of dedication and commitment to
2. Name three things that you let go, that you wish you had given years of dedication and commitment to
3. Identify trends or fads from your childhood or youth that no longer exsist
4. Identify trends or fads from your childhood that you or others still use today
Exercise
1. Identify something that you are passionate about, then list these steps, how were you introduced to this, how long did it take you to get good at it, what challenges if did you face in getting good at it, do you still indulge this passion, and do you share this passion with others?
2. If you cannot find anything that you are passionate abou, make a list of why you aren't passionate about anything and list these steps, how were you distracted from finding your passion, were you discouraged, did you hurt yourself or someone else in pursuit of passion, did someone hurt you?
3. Once you have listed your passion or passionlessness, turn your list into a fictional product and then create a 30 second commercial for the product, if in groups present the commercials to one another, if alone practice in a mirror. Answer these questions; Did your commercial make you or others, laugh, cry, or react in any way? List the reactions. Did your commercial make you or others want to buy your fictional product?
4. If you listed yourself as passionless, create a fictional product to cure passionlessness and then create a 30 second commercial for this product, if in groups present the commercials to one another, if alone practice in a mirror. Answer the same questions listed in Exercise 3.
