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Feedback on IdeaGarden's Purpose

I'm working on the purpose behind IdeaGarden, and wanted to try this blurb for feedback. please let me know how this lands in you. on an intellectual level sure, but also in terms of your own journey. am I over simplifying it? what did you feel as you read it? reflective thoughts would be helpful...Does it make you think about your own confidence in what you are working on? how do you feel about that?. I'm thinking of positioning IdeaGarden as 'a toolkit to help you build the confidence to bring your ideas to life'.


At the end of the day, bringing an idea to life comes down to a decision. And most times that decision is based on confidence.

How confident are you in this idea?

I’m going to define confidence with a simple equation.

Confidence = Clarity (knowing what to do) + Capability (having the ability to do) + Capacity (having the bandwidth (current accessibility of time, resources, energy) to do).

While everyone’s required confidence threshold to move on an idea is different, at some point they evaluated these components (possibly subconsciously) and then made a decision to act on the idea itself…or to act on ways to increase any shortcomings until they felt confident enough... to decide that it was finally the time to act… or abandon that idea.

(NB: Clarity: knowledge, references, experience, strategy, roadmap, priority. Capability: constraints, competitive advantage, skills, resources. Circumstances usually impact capability or capacity, but due to their unpredictable/uncontrollable nature I don't consider it as a component)

on April 10, 2021