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Written by Jim Chaput
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After a 19-year career in financial services, Jim left a leadership position to focus on health and fitness. Jim is a Master Practitioner of Applied Movement Neurology and holds Certificates in Applied Functional Science and 3DMAPS from the Gray Institute. His passion is empowering people to help resolve the pain, tension and insomnia that prevents them from living well.

It’s easier to respond to someone else’s idea than to share your ideas first. Going first is taking a risk. What if my idea is bad or sounds stupid?

Going first is taking a risk, but it also has benefits. The person who goes first anchors the discussion. The other person cannot help but use your idea as a reference point.

Still not ready? Always going second carries its own risk. If you always reject, criticize or suggest alternatives, you might give the impression of disagreeing for the sake of it. If your ideas are so much better, why not go first?

Do you go tend to first or wait for someone else?

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  1. Pat
    Pat on July 19, 2019 at 6:01 pm

    Often times, I give someone else my idea.
    They make it happen; so they get all the credit for it. . It’s a safe way for me to go first .
    Yeah, I’m a little “Chicken” …
    My challenge for August will be to go first.

    • Jim Chaput
      Jim Chaput on July 19, 2019 at 9:06 pm

      Sounds like a great August challenge. When it comes to ideas, safety is overrated.