The World Class Executive

Insomniac=Entrepreneur

So i know Im not wrong when I say that everyone at some point hasy its fhad a hard time falling asleep. It can be from a variety of reasons from Stress to Caffeine, to medical conditions. For smart entrepreneurs however who love to continuously innovate or should i say cant help but to continuously innovate there is a different reason. That reason hat most people don’t really consider is what I like to call “Creative Insomnia”. The Ailment of Genius’s.

So your thinking, what exactly is this “Creative Insomnia”? Well,  Its that wonderful feeling where your lying in bed.. and you know you gotta be up in a few hours and you want to sleep but your mind has other plans. Instead your mind,  decides to go into a creative frenzy and starts coming up with new ideas for your business, your life, your day, you name it and your brain will edit/improve/and create new things for you to conceive.  I am often subject to this lovely condition and often times the ideas are nonsense and don’t make much sense but every so often a great idea will come into my head. Usually I foolishly just say ill remember it in the morning and then forget it the next day. How amazing it would be If i could actually get up when i had one of those gems and wrote it down! that way when I woke up I would have it for sure and could possibly utilize it for something worthwhile!

One of the most famous genius’s in the world suffered from “Creative Insomnia”. Wonder who it is? Well its none other than the great Walt Disney. As one of my idols,  I recently read his biography and was fascinated with it from start to finish. I recommend it to anyone but what really intrigued me was that Walt Disney, one of the most creative and greatest entrepreneurs in the world, had the same condition I did.  He would often wake up in the middle of the night or not be able to go to sleep and have all these ideas  rushing through his head. Instead of ignoring them however he set up a desk right next to his bed so that if he needed to he could pop up and write down his ideas so he can review them in the morning. So if an enormous success like Walt Disney is writing down his ideas, then I can only assume that the rest of us should.

So if your ever struck with “Creative Insomnia” write down your ideas! and your more likely to fall asleep!