Your challenge... if you chose to accept it.

How many connections can you make?  How many new ideas do you have?

Last week, I was awarded a "You Get It" award by Jason Alba of JibberJobber for having so much fun writing this blog. 

This is great because Jason's letting me give away 6 months of his premium JibberJobber service to a commentator on this blog.

So, what's this prize about?

JibberJobber is a tool that you can use for your personal career management. Experts tell you to do all kinds of stuff, and it's hard to keep track of it all.

 

will help you:

• Manage and keep track of network relationships. It is your personal relationship manager for your career.
• Organize and keep tabs of target companies that you apply to, or want to apply to.
  
• Track jobs you apply to - when did you interview, did you send a thank you letter, etc.?
• Prepare for interviews. Put in elevator pitches. Put in responses to questions.
  
• Store important documents like resumes, cover letters, reference letters, etc. Track where you use these and who you send them to.

Jibberjobber is also great for keeping your job-search material organized and available anytime.

How can you win it?

Simple, all you have to do is give me one idea. I'll even tell you how to get it!

Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to use a Random Word to come up with "fresh ways to improve cars".

It takes only three quick steps to be entered to win...

1. Get a Random Word.

Use the generator below.  The word should be completely unrelated to cars. You have to use one of the words that comes up.

2. What is the first thing that comes to mind about that word?

Don't worry if it doesn't feel related to the problem!  That's the idea!

3. How could that turn into "a way to improve a car"?

Any idea is great, especially if it's wacky.  I want fresh ideas beyond faster and more powerful.  Let your random word bring you somewhere completely different.

Just write it in the comments (with the random word that got you there) and you're done!

Now, get started!  Your Random Word is:   

   

       

(And, trust me, all the words are hard.  Just go with the first one you get.)

If you need some help starting your thinking, go to Do You Have Trouble Being Creative? for examples about using this technique.

UPDATE: The contest is all over, and the winner has been crowned.

If you'd like to see the fantastic ideas people entered in this contest, they're here:

Ways to Improve Cars - Ideas from the Random Word Contest (Part 1)

Ways to Improve Cars - Ideas from the Random Word Contest (Part 2)

Many thanks to everyone who participated!

(Random word generator comes from Paul McFedries)

Comments

[goodwolve]

Wine:

Two thoughts came to mind.

One is the breathalyzer car... which is being done and the other has to do with storage.

I know that people who are wine lovers like to buy their wine at wineries and also like to bring wine to events, parties, and restaurants. I think that if a trunk could have a perfectly temperature modulated wine rack to ensure that wine is both protected and perfect for serving upon arrival this would be the must have add on for any car/wine enthusiast.

A toast to my idea!