Tejas Gawande
- Forget the myth of the 'Eureka!' moment, and allow me to suggest another way: the bucket theory of creativity.
Buckets are little homes for the things you want to explore deeper.
Maybe you’ll write or draw or build about them one day, but that’s not really the point.
All you gotta do is make some buckets.
Because making buckets creates a magnetic fo... See morefrom The Bucket Theory of Creativity by Alex Dobrenko
- Developing taste is an exercise in vulnerability: it requires you to trust your instincts and preferences, even when they don’t align with current trends or the tastes of your peers. Because while having taste is cool, taste itself reflects a certain type of uncool earnestness – a commitment to one’s own obsessions and quirks.
from Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
✨ Where great ideas come from
Great ideas require taste
- The right way is the hard way
from Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Innovator, Micromanager by Daniel McGinn
Where are you losing by trying to save? Where are you taking the cheap path rather than embracing the expensive?
Ask yourself these questions, make the necessary change, and start falling in love with the hard way.
- Keep your Sails Up
During tough times, it is crucial to maintain a positive attitude and take actions that keep you motivated and uplifted.
Keeping your spirits high by engaging in small, positive activities like eating right, cleaning up, socializing, being kind, and generous can help navigate through challenging situations and prevent oneself from ... See moreKeep your sails up. Be ready for when the winds come
- Consumer demand for smaller scale and human-crafted versions of everything will grow in an AI world. While the future of work might lend itself to small business creation, let’s ****not forget the demand side of the equation. We are going to crave artisanal and story-driven sources and experiences. Why? As every big company floods the zone of our a... See more
from The Era of Scaling Without Growing & the Meaning Economy by Scott Belsky
✨ Where great ideas come from
AI might drive growth of more 'artisanal entrepreneurs'
- “Inspiration comes on the twenty-fifth attempt, not the first. If you want to make something excellent, don’t wait for a brilliant idea to strike. Create twenty-five of what you need and one will be great. Inspiration reveals itself after you get the average ideas out of the way, not before you take the first step.”
from 3-2-1: On the source of inspiration, the bond between love and grief, and the power of hope by James Clear
✨ Where great ideas come from
Ideas take time
- A lot of care went into curating the environment around the children—fascinating guests were invited, libraries were built, machines were brought home and disassembled—but the children were left with a lot of time to freely explore the interests that arose within these milieus.
A qualified guess is that they spent between one and four hours daily in... See morefrom Childhoods of Exceptional People
✨ Where great ideas come from
Exception people in their childhood had time to roam about and relied heavily on self-directed learning
Talking or writing about the things you're interested in is a good way to generate new ideas. When you try to put ideas into words, a missing idea creates a sort of vacuum that draws it out of you. Indeed, there's a kind of thinking that can only be done by writing.
from How to Do Great Work