About IMS

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Any questions? Ask Takeo Higuchi (info@idea-marathon.net) about IMS

What is IMS? †

The Idea-Marathon System was developed and continued by Takeo Higuchi in January 1984.and he has continued on it to this day.

IMS is a way of life that involves recording your own ideas at least one a day into a notebook. You can record any type of ideas as long as it is your own original ideas regardless of the field or topic.

IMS is a system which anybody can start. The system is the same regardless of age, sex, experience, nationality etc. Coming up with at least one new idea per day is not so difficult; and if you can create any original ideas and record them in your notebook you can develop your creative ability by yourself.

Most people have no difficulty coming up with new ideas on a daily basis, but sticking to it requires patience and perseverance. If you remember to do this every day before going to sleep, your patience will be rewarded, and you will find that it becomes easier and easier.

Influence of Idea-Marathon †

In continuation and patience, truth is found.

Through continued practice of IMS, your creative ability will improve naturally in accordance with you own personal circumstances. Quite often, practitioners of IMS discover various unexpected abilities in themselves, so that they develop much more confidence in themselves.

As you develop more confidence, your ideas will begin to affect the people around you - your family, friends and colleagues at work.

In this way, your creative influence on family, friends and colleagues will result in formation of creative groups.

These creative groups will improve the activities of society, companies, and universities, and help to uncover the hidden talents of people in a wide range of fields.

For further information on the IMS, please read
"Ideas in Action Digital Achievement of Idea Marathon System (IMS)",~ Takeo Higuchi, Adarsh Books, 2001
Phone: 91(country code)-9810029940 or 91-11-246-9733, 246-4961
E-mail: adarshbooks@vsnl.com or nirmal@vsnl.com

Merits †

If you continue implementing the IMS for 3 months, spending 15 minutes per day recording ideas in your notebook (i.e. accumulating around 100 ideas), you are sure to see a change in yourself. If you can stick with it for one year, you will no doubt accumulate a stock of your own excellent ideas.

Specifically, IMS has the following merits:

1. It gives confidence to students and prepare them for the creative demands of society. Furthermore, it allows us to spot individuals with exceptional talents.
   
2. It gives teachers, researchers, and business management people foresight.
   
3. When implemented by children and homemakers, it fosters creativity and clarity in family communication.
   
4. It gives elderly people a sense of purpose in pursuing their lifework.
   

For information on "How to record and write ideas in the IMS", please read the Beginner page.

History †

Started on Jan 29, 1984
71 ideas per day(72 ideas on Fri, Sat, Sun 72 ideas)~ 1000 ideas per 14 days.
Target: One million ideas in 2035.

For further details, please read Higuchi's book in English.
Ideas in Action - Digital Achievement of Idea Marathon System(IMS)
Takeo Higuchi, Adarsh Books, 2001

Adarsh Enterprise
E-22-C, Jawahar Park, Laxmi Nagar,~ Vikas Marg, New Delhi 110 092
Phone: 91 11 246 9733 or 91 11 246 4961
E -mail: adarshbooks@vsnl.com or nirmal@vsnl.com

Profile & Publications †

Takeo Higuchi - The founder of Idea-Marathon System

Profile
1946 Born in Kyoto, Japan
1965 Studied Foreign Studies at Osaka University in Japan
1967-1868 Studied at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia
1971 Graduated from Osaka University and entered Mitsui & Co. Ltd.
1973-1978 Liaison Representative of Mitsui & Co., Ltd , in Lagos, Nigeria
1978-1985 Liaison Representative of Mitsui & Co., Ltd , in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1984 Started Idea Marathon System and published first book, "Overseas Living Guide for Japanese Families"
1995 Liaison Representative of Mitsui & Co., Ltd , in Hanoi, Vietnam
2000-2004 General Manager of Mitsui & Co., Ltd , Representative Office in Kathmandu, Nepal.
2004 Aug. Retired from Mitsui & Co. Ltd

Publications
1985 Travel Essay Book "How we lived in Saudi Arabia"
1985-1996 Wrote 15 other books in Japanese
1992 "How you get many ideas" (Diamond Publishing Company, in Japanese)~ 1995 "Idea-Marathon System" (Tokyo Keizai Shinpo-sha in Japanese)
1997 "Marathon System" (Nikkei BP in Japanese)~ 2001 "Ideas In Action Idea-Marathon System(IMS)" (Adarsh Enterprise in English)~

Any questions? Ask Takeo Higuchi (info@idea-marathon.net) about IMS