On Idea Hoarding
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On Idea Hoarding
whenever I have a good writing idea, I’m tempted to save it for “later,” for “when I’m ready,” for “the right project”...and then I remember Annie Dillard’s advice:
One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for a... See more
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Jenna Guarascio added
... before you head off onto another webinar... into another event...
... looking for yet another “Big Idea”
Please allow me to share some insight.
Ideas and visions are not free like some fantasize. They go into a ledger of our lives, much like a series of credit card bills.
Action on these can pay the interest (unless the action is more ideas in wh... See more
... looking for yet another “Big Idea”
Please allow me to share some insight.
Ideas and visions are not free like some fantasize. They go into a ledger of our lives, much like a series of credit card bills.
Action on these can pay the interest (unless the action is more ideas in wh... See more
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The barrier to bring any idea to reality is to admit that the way that you do so might be inadequate. It is to acknowledge that you may not do that idea justice, but that you are going to create anyway. Because as soon as an idea is created, it is now something . Something that can be held, touched, read, looked at, questioned . And it’s far for mo... See more
Isabel • One Thing at a Time
Alex Dobrenko added
anything from it. Holding back your ideas because they are precious or valuable or because you are afraid someone will steal them, is just a way to hold yourself back. This is especially true when you are trying to get a job or a new client. Give them a tangible taste of what you are really capable of. Give them a sampling of your valuable ideas th
... See moreJeffrey W. Sass • Everything I Know about Business and Marketing, I Learned from THE TOXIC AVENGER: (One Man's Journey to Hell's Kitchen and Back)
This is how it comes to pass that one morning you open up the newspaper and discover that somebody else has written your book, or directed your play, or released your record, or produced your movie, or founded your business, or launched your restaurant, or patented your invention—or in any way whatsoever manifested some spark of inspiration that yo
... See moreElizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
in public” mindset is the digital garden, where indie thinkers cultivate their knowledge in public. For instance, the use of Git-based solutions such as GitBook lets users explore the evolution of ideas, their contributors, and the various branches of knowledge being explored.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • The state of personal knowledge management
So, you want to write something…
2019-07-31
Almost all the writing I’m most proud of was started early in the afternoon and finished at whatever the natural stopping point was, generally between 6 PM and 2 AM.
Patrick Mckenzie (perma)
I have more than 100 text files in my “drafts” folder. Some of them consist only of a few lines; some are hundreds and ... See more
2019-07-31
Almost all the writing I’m most proud of was started early in the afternoon and finished at whatever the natural stopping point was, generally between 6 PM and 2 AM.
Patrick Mckenzie (perma)
I have more than 100 text files in my “drafts” folder. Some of them consist only of a few lines; some are hundreds and ... See more