Pour Out Lesser Ideas to Get to Great Ones
1. Write out new ideas.
Sean Blanda • The Jeff Bezos School of Long-Term Thinking
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
"The secret of creative work is to make a lot and publish a little.
Don't underestimate the power of giving yourself permission to create junk. Most of what you create will be mediocre or bad.
But that's okay. You only have to show people the good stuff. Make 100 things, discard 90, and share the 10 best. Create, create, create. Edit, edit, edit
... See moreJames Clear • 3-2-1: On the Cost of Success, the Secret of Creative Work, and the Power of Walking
July 2023
If you collected lists of techniques for doing great work in a lot of different fields, what would the intersection look like? I decided to find out by making it.
Partly my goal was to create a guide that could be used by someone working in any field. But I was also curious about the shape of the intersection. And one thing this exercise sh... See more
If you collected lists of techniques for doing great work in a lot of different fields, what would the intersection look like? I decided to find out by making it.
Partly my goal was to create a guide that could be used by someone working in any field. But I was also curious about the shape of the intersection. And one thing this exercise sh... See more