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Creating good ideas
It’s tempting to think that all the good ideas must be taken by now and that there is no possible way to make any new positive contribution.
However, the story of every good idea, every new project, every novel starts with: There was a bad idea. And then there was a better one.
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What “good” means
We all seek out "good" or even "great". But we need to define what good is before we begin. Twelve publishers rejected Harry Potter, but then it became a worldwide phenomenon and was suddenly good enough.
Judge your work by asking what it is for and who it...
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The smallest viable breakthrough
Bad ideas are not your enemy. They are essential steps to better ideas.
Focus on making something worth sharing. How small can you make it and still do something you're proud of? Could you play just one note on the clarinet that's worth listening to?
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Protecting your perfect idea
This is not your one and only chance. You won't run out of ideas.
There is no perfect idea, just the next thing you haven't discovered yet. No one is keeping you from posting a video or blogging every day, or hanging up your artwork. You have to do the...
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Starting something
There is a community of critics and tweakers and tinkerers that are ready to criticize the logo your agency put together. What is scarce are the people willing to make the logo themselves.
Here is then a clue about what to do next: Go first. After you have done th...
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A lot of problems would disappear if we talked to each other more than talking about each other.
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Creating
- Creating is the glamorous poster child of behavioral change.
- When we imagine ourselves behaving better, we think of it as an exciting process of self invention.
- When we're dissatisfied, we may go to the other extreme, falling for any and every idea, never pursuing one idea l...
The Perfectionist
It is a type of imposter syndrome that focuses on how something should be done—they want 110% from any project or assignment, each and every time. When these standards aren’t met, however, impostor syndrome kicks into gear.
Impostor Fix: To overcome yo...
The utility fallacy
Is the tendency, when evaluating the impact of a technology, to confine your attention to comparing the technical features of the new technology to what it replaced.
For example: No one argues that it’s better to send an email than a fax. But the modern knowledge worker now sends ...
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