Jump with confidence...

Sometimes you don’t know where your ideas might take you. Be prepared to follow wherever they take you.

 

·      Ideas come at 

·      All times of the day.

·      Don’t let them get away.

 

Most great ideas include a leap of faith – following your instincts into the unknown. Case in point was the first paperless idea I had: right after the Mirage opened, the debrief included the difficulty handling 55,000 applications. They were filed and retrieved up to 10 times each, and often got lost or misfiled – we decided to seek technological alternatives. We checked with Xerox and Microsoft, and both had no interest in that kind of project at that time. We networked with colleagues and friends and discovered a new product called Jet Forms – you filled them out online and the data was mapped to appropriate computer files. That led to a 5-year effort that was like jumping off a cliff and then building our wings on the way down. It resulted in Bellagio’s system that allowed all 90,000 applicants to enter their application data into 100 computer terminals and that data stored in a new applicant tracking system that we built. We had no idea when we started what that end solution would be, but we kept at it until we finished. The best ideas are often unclear at first and then worth the effort when finished. Follow your ideas passionately today. 

 

Ray Bradbury (1920–2012): American author and screenwriter. The New York Times called him "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream".