On Idea Hoarding
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On Idea Hoarding
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
I make a list of ideas and then I usually just throw it out. The whole purpose is to exercise the idea muscle. I know most of the ideas are bad ideas, so there’s no sense keeping them around. If one of the ideas is good, then I will probably remember it and build on it for the next day. Sometimes it’s kind of funny, when I come across an old list o
... See moreJames Altucher • The Choose Yourself Guide To Wealth
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 another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise
... See moreWhat should you do when you have more ideas than time to pursue them? Two things: First, make sure you’re capturing all the ideas and writing them down, since you might want them later; second, find a way to evaluate competing ideas. Creating a “possibilities list” helps you retain ideas for when you have more time to implement them.