"The Noodle Dream"

I recently saw a Meme on a social media site. There was a picture of two pool noodles floating in water and the text read something like “If anyone ever tells you your dreams are silly, remember there is a millionaire walking around who invited these.”

For years now my husband and I have participated in an activity we call noodling. Noodling is our own special form of brainstorming. This is how you noodle. (Feel free to adjust or adapt the process to whatever works for you.)

1. Get two or more people together in a relaxing, creative environment such as a coffee shop, wine bar or on a road trip.
   
   
2. Have someone ready to capture all the great ideas that are about to be unleashed.
   
   
3. Decide on the problem to be solved or the topic to be discussed.
   
   
4. Start throwing out ideas. No idea is too small, too large and certainly not too silly!
   
   
5. Capture all the great ideas.
   
   
6. Review the ideas that have been captured and see what resonates. (Sometimes this step is best left for another time to allow the ideas to rest or germinate.) 
   

This is a technique that has led my husband and I to a number of really fun ideas for businesses and ways to solve some of life’s more serious problems. Give it a try and let me know what comes of it.

As for “The Noodle Dream”--you must watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDUMVQpCoo8