Check out the lesson notes for this week's Facebook Live teaching done on Hendrix Coaching's Facebook Page! Watch the live video replay about capturing your big ideas below, and let us know what you do to capture you're big ideas!

1. Choose One Tool to Use Every Time

• Don't be any fancier than is necessary and easy for YOU to use.
• Choose something you always have access to.

Here are some FREE systems you can use anywhere:

• Notes function on your phone
• Evernote with the app + web + computer program
• Google Docs within Google Drive with the apps and web-based networking
• If you only think on PAPER, consider something like a Moleskine or notebook that is easy to keep with you

Avoid these:

• Paper Folders - they are notoriously un-portable and lend themselves to becoming black holes!
• Loose Papers - they stack up, cluttering surfaces and can be hard to keep seperate from other papers that need action
• Sticky Note Mountains - they're easy-to-use and also become serious visual clutter if you don't consolidate on a regular basis

2. Only Record a Complete Thought

• An idea doesn't have to be fully developed.
• It DOES have to be clearly expressed so that your future self can understand what you're talking about.

Consider These Techniques:

• Write only in complete sentences.
• Use screen capture or audio recording function if available right within the system (like Evernote or Google Drive.)

Avoid these:

• Storing text notes in one place, and video/audio notes somewhere else.
• Thinking that you'll come back later and add detail before you forget.

3. Don't Be a Crazy Person

Acknowledge the following realities:

• Not all ideas are created equal.
• Not all ideas have equal value to YOU.
• Being distracted by GOOD ideas pulls us off working on GREAT ideas.

You need an Idea Filter.

• We need our ideas to MOVE US FORWARD.
• Spending time and mental focus chewing on ideas that don't move us forward wastes our ability to progress.
• Build the right filter to avoid discouragement.
• A filter does as much to keep the right ideas in, as it does keep the wrong ideas OUT.
• If we aren't spending time and energy on the right ideas, our work can stop being fun.
• If we spend time on the wrong ideas we tend not to make progress.
• When we don't make progress, it kills our confidence.

The right filter comes from having a clear picture of:

• Where you're trying to go
• Why that matters
• What will help you get there
• Who can help you and who you can help