On Idea Hoarding
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On Idea Hoarding
Protecting intellectual property is important, but protecting general ideas is not, because if all you have is an idea, you’ve not done the work yet.
Paul Jarvis • Company Of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business
If you have an idea you’re excited about and you don’t bring it to life, it’s not uncommon for the idea to find its voice through another maker. This isn’t because the other artist stole your idea, but because the idea’s time has come.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Most ideas will not stand the test of time, while others might become the seed for a major project. Unfortunately, they are not easy to distinguish right away. That is why the threshold to write an idea down has to be as low as possible, but it is equally crucial to elaborate on them within a day or two. A good indication that a note has been left
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We’ve long believed that entrepreneurs lose a great deal by not sharing their ideas out of fear of having them ripped off. Nobody is really thinking about the same thing you’re thinking about, let alone plotting to steal your idea to monetize it. Even if they tried, could they be more successful at it than you?
Brett Leve • Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Chasing Dreams, and Building Community
Ideas vs. stories
I have a lot of ideas for things I could make. Ideas are static. They sit there yanking my cord for no reason. I want to turn an idea into a story, a moving thing that compels and involves other people. It’s not obvious how to make a story from an idea. Of course I could start with a story. But when I do that, my stories seem arbit
... See moreRefuse to let your ideas collect any more dust in your drafts. If you’re waiting for permission to share your art, it’s never coming. I mean it. You have to give it to yourself. Right now. You must decide today that your ideas are simply too brilliant to hoard from the world.