However, voluntarily giving up public recognition is a hard thing to do. General Napoleon (among others) knew his solders would fight with a lot more intensity if they knew there was a chance of being publicly recognized for their bravery.
If you’ve ever had a good idea, and somebody else got or took credit for it, it certainly stings.
However, there is short term “credit” or “recognition,” and there’s a longer term “energy.”
What’s this mean?
If somebody gets a good idea, and they take credit (deservedly or not) that recognition won’t usually last long. On the flip side of coming up a good idea is the concept of “what have you done for me lately.”
If you spend too much time worrying about getting credit, or recognition, people are going to start to notice.
Instead of thinking of you as the “idea person,” they’ll start to think of you as the “attention seeking person.”
On the other hand, if you’re the person who’s always coming with good ideas, and specifically letting others take the credit, you’ll be developing something MUCH more powerful.
A deep sense of appreciation and magnetism. People will start to think of YOU, in unconscious terms as somebody that’s just good to have around.
They’ll feel much better, much safer, and in much more capable hands when you’re there.
And since this will all be on an unconscious level, it will come across to them as a deep feeling of appreciation and gratitude that they just can’t put there fingers on.
So, how do you BECOME that idea person? Easy. Just base everything you discuss largely on THEIR criteria.
Since we always take actions and make decisions on our own criteria, when you start out by talking about THEIR criteria, without being obvious, you’ll seem like a breath of fresh air.
Since you’re really using THEIR criteria to base your ideas on, you’ll just need to change up your communication style, just a bit.
Instead of showing up and overwhelming them with your ideas (like almost everybody else does), you’ll be covertly eliciting THEIR ideas, and handing them right back to them.
And they’ll think it’s (and YOU’RE) the greatest thing since sliced bread.