he time. End-of-the-line thinking is great once an idea has been developed and fleshed out. In the early stages, however, end-of-the-line thinking can kill great ideas before they get started. WhA great mentality to have is to treat every idea as just a starting point. This is true whether you the ideas are yours or someone else's. Once you can do this, you become more resourceful and a much better team member.

Most people get caught up in ‘end-of-the-line thinking.’ That is, when an idea is presented to them, they start to go through all the reasons why the idea won’t work. They may do this because they are negative, or they may just take the idea to the end of the line and realize that it won’t work. This is not a bad approach in and of itself. Thinking an idea all the way through is not bad; in fact, it is a pretty smart thing to do before committing time and resources to a project.

The problem is that some people apply this type of thinking all the time. End-of-the-line thinking is great once an idea has been developed and fleshed out. In the early stages, however, end-of-the-line thinking can kill great ideas before they get started. Whe

much better team member.

Most people get caught up in ‘end-of-the-line thinking.’ That is, when an idea is presented to them, they start to go through all the reasons why the idea won’t work. They may do this because they are negative, or they may just take the idea to the end of the line and realize that it won’t work. This is not a bad approach in and of itself. Thinking an idea all the way through is not bad; in fact, it is a pretty smart thing to do before committing time and resources to a project.

The problem is that some people apply this type of thinking all the time. End-of-the-line thinking is great once an idea has been developed and fleshed out. In the early stages, however, end-of-the-line thinking can kill great ideas before they get started. Wh

k. They may do this because they are negative, or they may just take the idea to the end of the line and realize that it won’t work. This is not a bad approach in and of itself. Thinking an idea all the way through is not bad; in fact, it is a pretty smart thing to do before committing time and resources to a project.

The problem is that some people apply this type of thinking all the time. End-of-the-line thinking is great once an idea has been developed and fleshed out. In the early stages, however, end-of-the-line thinking can kill great ideas before they get started. Wh

ll the way through is not bad; in fact, it is a pretty smart thing to do before committing time and resources to a project.

The problem is that some people apply this type of thinking all the time. End-of-the-line thinking is great once an idea has been developed and fleshed out. In the early stages, however, end-of-the-line thinking can kill great ideas before they get started. Wh

he time. End-of-the-line thinking is great once an idea has been developed and fleshed out. In the early stages, however, end-of-the-line thinking can kill great ideas before they get started. When an idea is first introduced, there may be hundreds of details that have not been figured out. At this stage though, the idea needs to be encouraged and explored and developed. Think of it as a starting point, and see where it might lead. Don’t worry about the end of the line just yet.

Great ideas have come out of this type of thinking. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity would have been dead in the water if he immediately tried to answer every question there was about it when he was first developing it. The Wright brothers would have caved in under the pressure of all the reasons man could not fly if they focused on the challenges to early. Everything everyone knew about the world pointed to it being flat, but Copernicus did not let that stop him exploring the idea o