Your work represents your thinking and your ideas. Many times in ones life the time comes when one thinks that I wish I had thought of that first. You can think of unique ideas, but what you need is a little bit of homework and training.
In this article, our focus will be on how to think like an entrepreneur. There is much difference in the thought of a common man and an entrepreneur. There is always a good idea behind success of any entrepreneur. Entrepreneur always thinks of some unique and rare ideas, which a common person cannot think of.
Thinking process doesnt require any special time or place where you can have such unique ideas rather it is a continuous process and you need to keep thinking during the whole day while being busy in your everyday events. For some people, it takes years to hit upon some unique idea while few never find one and some brilliant minds always think of such ideas. Always try to answer few questions to yourself in order to find the authenticity of your thought.
-How can I cheaply get the product to my customers?
-Is there a market for it?
-Are you able to make profit after the costs?
-Can it be done with todays technology?
-What would a competitor do to beat me?
-Can I do it?
-Is it legal?
If are unable to find any suitable answers to these questions then leave that idea as it will not be of any help to you.
You can learn different idea through many things. For instance, when you are watching any commercial on television, try to pay attention, keep your mind and eyes open and try to contemplate the message behind the commercial. You need not to focus as customer, try to focus on the product and the way they are presenting it. Definitely, there is some idea behind presenting things like this way; you need to interpret that to spark ideas and learn from it.
To get some unique and rare ideas, it is necessary to break your routine. If you are in the habit of doing work the same way every day, then try to change your routine. It is believed that ideas come at the strangest of times in our lives, so try to be different in your approach. Starting new hobby, watching new TV show or doing anything against your routine work will definitely work for you as you will be experiencing new things and learning new things from your changed routine.
Remember, copycat ideas will never give you any success. If you want to be unique in your own self then dont think of copying ideas from other entrepreneurs. However, old ideas with new reforms may work for you better. For instance, if you start any social network like Facebook or Twitter, but that will focus any of the health issue of the people just to say weight loss etc.
You might also want to learn about Become an Entrepreneur and Six Cause Entrepreneurs Fail.