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Originally Posted by RT Wolf  2. The issue of original ideas comes up. I want to share ideas I've picked up over the years from various sources, but I have a resistance against basically making money from other people's ideas. I feel it's not being genuine or authentic. Am I mistaken? Steve, you've occasionally written posts founded on ideas from others, though you've cited them to my knowledge, and you've made money from, other people's ideas, though you did a lot of your own thoughts as well. If its mixing other people's ideas with enough of your own that makes them justifiably yours to profit from? The other perspective I've gotten is that "ideas" by themselves are worthless and no one has any real ownership of them, even the originator of the ideas. This seems unfair. Thoughts? |
In my opinion it will be very hard to limit yourself to only make money from "original ideas". We live in a world where many people are getting more and more conscious, and thinking deeper and deeper about issues. Insights are shared and those insights are the basis for further discovery.
So everything is connected and virtually nothing is "new". I wouldn't worry about if your idea is totally new or not. I think the adding of value, especially when it comes to ideas, comes in the form of creating understanding or clarity.
I mean if you look at this post from Steve, it's not as if he just invented the concept of earning money by creating and delivering value. In truth he put a lot of effort in explaining this universal concept in a way that you and I understand it, and get motivated by it. That's what value is, for me anyway.
So take the ideas of others, but just make sure you add value to them, not just copy+paste. And I think if you can see that indeed you added to ideas of others, you wouldn't feel bad about it. Just make sure there is real value, that you can belief in yourself.