Have you ever taken a light bulb out of the socket, given it the death shake to make sure its toast, and then tried to put it back in the socket and hope it will light up the room? Of course not!

So why do we continue to do the same things over and over in our lives that haven't yielded the results we desire?

A relationship that has been unhealthy for far too long, we get away from it, and several months later, we try to screw the burnt out light bulb back in...yet STILL no light.

Our team isn't performing at work, but we continue to use the same daily routines, expectations, and activity and hope that the results will change improve....yet darkness.

We want to shed that 20 pounds, so we go back to the diet that helped us lose 5 last time....we don't reach our ultimate goal and give up. 

There are two things true about lightbulbs: they are a universal symbol for a bright idea, and they aren't reusable once burnt out.

If you need to be sold on the importance of generating new ideas, think back to anything you do regularly, and try to find just one that you still do the same exact way you did the very first try: make a cup of coffee, shave, get through an airport, mow your yard, change a diaper. Literally everything you do has seen continual improvements. 

Can you imagine how silly our lives would be if we only had one shot at figuring something out?

This week, pick one routine that you know could be better, and screw in a new light bulb... and let's go LED!!