Rasanya sering banget ada orang yang merasa punya ide bagus, lalu meminta orang lain melaksanakan ide tersebut dan saat ide itu sudah dieksekusi, dia merasa bahwa dialah yang paling berjasa (soalnya dia yang udah cape-cape mikir dengan briliannya). Sering banget dalam sekelompok orang yang memulai usaha, ada aja orang yang ingin jadi “idea guy“, alias berkontribusi dengan cara memberikan ide-ide dan gagasan saja.
“Bagian mikir”.
Ada komentar di situs Quora yang kurang lebih menjawab topik ini:
Can you identify this image?
How about this one?
The first one is Oswald The Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney’s first hit character. After some initial success with Oswald, Universal Studios (who owned Oswald’s copyright) severed its relationship with Walt Disney, hired the majority of his creative team and began creating Oswald cartoons. Although an additional 140 Oswald episodes were produced over the next 14 years, none of them was nearly as successful as the first 26 installments, which were developed under Walt Disney’s tutelage.
As shown in the second picture, Walt dusted himself off, shortened Oswald’s ears so he looked like a mouse, and went on to kick Oswald’s ass.
Universal thought the key was Oswald (the idea), whereas Disney knew the key was in the execution of the cartoon.
– John Greathouse, Quora Answer
Baca komentar di atas, rasanya saya setuju: tidak cukup hanya melontarkan ide saja (habis itu diam), yang penting adalah follow-up dari ide itu, yaitu ikut terjun dalam eksekusi alias pelaksanaan, ikut berkontribusi dengan tenaga, waktu, dan sumberdaya lainnya.
Agoes Santosa's Journal 