The New ABC’s of Success: Always Be Creating

• The new ABCs are Always Be Creating. People who create will be the people who succeed and excel. If you can create, you can write your own check.
• You must get out there and create — start a blog, write a book, record a video, start a business, code a new application, etc. 

Here are a few ideas on how to jumpstart your creative thinking:

• Brainstorm. Think about what services/products might be needed if this turmoil continues and what services/products people will want when we recover.
• $1 million game. This is a fun one. If you absolutely positively had to make $1 million in less than 365 days, what would you do? What area would you focus on? What skills would you have to rely on? You might not start any of the businesses you think about, but it's a great way to jumpstart your creativity.
• Get partners. Get two or three friends/colleagues together for a twice-a-month meeting. Sit down with them and brainstorm. Tell them what's on your mind — what ideas you're toying with. Press each other to come up with at least three business ideas for each meeting. If you agree on one, you have your team in place. But even if you don't, this get-together will force you to think entrepreneurially inside AND outside of the group.