In the movie Inception, Dom Cobb, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is the protagonist who specializes in extracting information. He accomplishes this by infiltrating his target’s dreams and stealing the information from them. He also has the ability to plant ideas into a person’s mind.
In the movie, Cobb is saying that a single idea in the human brain can take root, transform the world and rewrite all the rules. Everything we have in our world today, came from a single idea that someone had.
When you look at pop culture, so many incredible shows that we enjoy came from a single idea. Vince Gillian, creator of Breaking Bad, said that the idea for the show was born out of a conversation he had with a friend when he was broke. They were joking around on the phone, wondering what they should do next. And in recalling that conversation, he said he asked his friend, “Should we be greeters at Wal-Mart? Should we put a meth lab in the back of an R.V. and cook meth and drive around the southwest? And that image…I don’t know, it just stuck with me.”
That single idea created one of the best television shows in history.
The idea for the book Twilight, written by author Stephenie Myer, came to her from a dream. This idea spawned several books and movies for the series.
Never underestimate the power of an idea, even if it seems small. If it resonates with you, nurture it and see where it goes. Who knows? Your idea can become part of our culture or can change the world.
