How the work really gets done
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How the work really gets done
the way we sell ideas in the first place. Concepts are much harder to make fun than executions. They also are most open to interpretation, turning future rounds of review into wrestling matches between difference in expectation.
We spend so much time thinking about the big idea, the joy of the output suffers.
We spend so much time thinking about the big idea, the joy of the output suffers.
ESTRATIJIRONES vol 156.
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the perils of overplanning
“ I wanted to pass on another nugget I’ve learned about how to approach and define problems: working backwards. I’ve found this to be useful in both technical and business situations and I use it all the time.
Basically, start with the end result you want, and figure out how to get there from here. If you can’t define the desired outcome, then ste
... See moreStephen O'Grady • This Is the Way
The art of stepping into an idea continues with seeking to understand. To spend the time to ensure that we have correctly understood the creative intent. For the fact of the matter is that until work is fully produced much of that intent resides in creative minds - not on the page or on the screen. Found imagery and footage, Midjourney renders, sto... See more
Martin Weigel • The subtle art of stepping into an idea — Martin Weigel
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Too often, we assume innovative ideas and meaningful changes require a blank slate. When business projects fail, we say things like, “Let's go back to the drawing board.” When we consider the habits we would like to change, we think, “I just need a fresh start.” However, creative progress is rarely the result of throwing out all previous ideas and ... See more
James Clear • Don’t Start From Scratch: How Innovative Ideas Arise
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The challenge is to structure one’s workflow in a way that insight and new ideas can become the driving forces that push us forward. We do not want to make ourselves dependent on a plan that is threatened by the unexpected, like a new idea, discovery – or insight.
Sönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
Start with an ambitious, high-potential idea, but challenging and full of ambiguities — the rough shape of a nascent great idea. It typically isn’t new, but solves many problems in a simpler, more intuitive way. It ignites people’s curiosity and self-motivation. At the end, it should seem “obvious” so that others want to copy, because there aren’t ... See more
Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself. Things occur to you. If you're sitting around trying to dream up a great idea, you can sit there a long time before anything happens. But if you just get to work, something will occur to you and something else will occur to you and something else that you reject will push... See more
3-2-1: The simple way to have a good day, why inspiration is unnecessary, playing small vs playing big
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