Do not covet your ideas.

This is a quote from a book by Paul Arden:

"It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be."

I am a big fan of the book after my wife gave it to me for Valentine's Day. The layout is great for provoking thought, each page is basically a chapter, very concise yet informative and each page contains an idea that can be thought about for a day or a week.

This page talks about how a truly creative person should never covet their ideas because doing so causes the person to get by on their reserves of already created ideas instead of approaching each project with an idea truly created for that project.

When your way of making a living is based on being creative it can be hard to share ideas and watch others implement them, but it is essential to share your ideas, as the only alternative to sharing is to become stale.

There's nothing captivating about stale ideas.

Tim