Explore the World's Best Ideas
Join today and uncover 100+ curated journeys from 50+ topics. Unlock access to our mobile app with extensive features.
Don‘t start from scratch ..
Starting from scratch is usually a bad idea...
We oftenly assume that every meaningful idea always requires a blank slate . It means discarding all the previous ideas and completely Taking A Fresh Start ...
There wasn't a magical moment when the animal kingdom said, “Let's start from scratch and create an animal that can fly.” The development of flying birds was a gradual process of iterating and expanding upon ideas that already worked.
37
120 reads
The Toaster failure ...
In 2010, Thomas Thwaites decided he wanted to build a toaster from scratch. He went into a shop, purchased the cheapest toaster he could find, and went home and deconstructed it .
There were more than 400 components laid out on his floor.
It was not easy for him to find different materials and build the Toaster and the homemade toaster ended up looking more like a melted cake than a kitchen appliance.
And this was just because of his starting from scratch approach .
28
90 reads
Iterate, don't originate...
The Toaster Project is an example of how we often fail to notice the complexity of our modern world. When you buy a toaster, you don't think about everything that has to happen before it appears in the store.
When you are dealing with a complex problem, it is usually better to build upon what already works. Any idea that is currently working has passed a lot of tests. Old ideas are a secret weapon because they have already managed to survive in a complex world.
36
110 reads
IDEAS CURATED BY
Student, Eager to learn either through life , experiences or people, Passionate about the things i love #passionate .. #explorer
Aditya Gahlot's ideas are part of this journey:
Learn more about personaldevelopment with this collection
How to set new goals
How to take action towards a new life
How to create a plan for change
Related collections
Similar ideas
9 ideas
How to setup and run a successful hackathon
hackernoon.com
7 ideas
How to Generate More Good Ideas
zapier.com
7 ideas
Effective Decision Making | SkillsYouNeed
skillsyouneed.com
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates