The Conversation That Could Change Your Life

Why your next big idea might be just one chat away

The average person has 27 conversations a day. Some you have around the dreaded conversation of politics. Others leave you overflowing with enough inspiration to run through a wall.

Conversations are the backbone of ideas.

They force you to articulate what your jumbled thoughts may be. When talking to someone you string along words into something that makes sense to the other person (much easier and free flowing than writing)

People are the stimulation to creativity that often gets neglected. If you choose your friends wisely they will provide unlimited inspiration for you to shake something up in the world.

The spark that ignited global communication

One conversation can change the world. In 1832, the Sully was a ship headed to New York. Two men were onboard: Thomas Jackson, a geologist, and Samuel Morse, an artist at the time.

One night after dinner the two were engaged in a conversation around the latest discovery in electromagnetism when another passenger overheard the conversation. Out of the blue they asked, “Can an electric current flow down a long wire without being distributed?”

Jackson said of course because Benjamin Franklin showed it could go as far you wanted and fast.

The eureka moment that would change the world.

At this moment, Morse had an idea that would change the world. “If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any desired part of the circuit I see no reason why intelligence might not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity” Morse later said.

From this conversation Morse code was born.¹ The first instant communication to anyone from around the world.

The right person + conversation = creative ideas

Conversations need to be had with people, not just anyone. Being able to have those conversations can be a challenge. There’s 3 strategies for networking.

Use these to expand your network and begin meeting the people that will ignite your creativity in conversation.