innovation

Innovators are usually synthesizers—they synthesize everything they know and add their own personal talents, and out comes something new.
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smithsonianmag.com

When you’re focused on something few others are thinking about, you find yourself constantly making the case to yourself and others that your vision is worth pursuing and worthy of other people’s attention. This ongoing need to justify your work creates a significant emotional overhead.