Dare to suck
Examples of daring to suck and what impact it can have
by Maria Potoroczyn · updated 6mo ago
Dare to suck
- Start somewhere bad to get somewhere good. A few weeks ago, I interviewed psychologist Adam Alter about his book Anatomy of a Breakthrough . In it, he writes about the “creative cliff illusion,” the notion that good creative ideas will either come quickly or not at all. Unfortunately, our intuition has that one approximately backward. In studies of... See more
from Pour Out Lesser Ideas to Get to Great Ones by David Epstein
Maria Potoroczyn added 6mo ago
- Here are some other techniques people use to access and maintain the zone:
- Introducing a long delay between when you do the work and when it is shown to the world. Annie Ernaux writes about this in A Simple Passion, a memoir about how she becomes obsessed in a banal way with a man who is having an affair with her—the thought that others will read th
from Notes | Substack by Substack
Maria Potoroczyn added 6mo ago
I annotated my friend’s book manuscript with scribbles on every page. She annotated mine with a single note: This needs to be better. She trusted that I would know what to do, and I did.
from 300 Arguments by Sarah Manguso
Maria Potoroczyn added 8mo ago
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