Great ideas are a dime a dozen. That’s roughly 0.83 cents an idea.
I have plenty of ideas.
For example, I currently have—written out and accessibly filed—the following idea sets:
- Blog Topics: 153 ideas
- Big Ideas: 45 ideas
- Product ideas: 4 ideas
- Affiliate ideas: 19 ideas
- Book ideas: 193 ideas
- Transformational Healthcare ideas: 127
That’s 541 ideas, which in total, assuming they are all great ideas at the cost of a dime a dozen, adds up to about $4.51.
So, what’s the point I am trying to make (other than I have got an excellent idea-capture system)?
It’s that the real value isn’t in having good or great ideas, even a high volume of them.
The real value is in selecting a single idea and making it real.
That’s where the money is.
(As an aside, the term a dime a dozen came about after the creation of the dime in the late 1700s, and initially meant great value: “hey, you can get a dozen eggs for only a dime!”)