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The Weird Strategy Dr. Seuss Used to Create His Greatest Work
“A friend challenged Dr. Suess to write a children’s book using only 50 unique words. His answer to that test would become the best selling book of his prolific career, Green Eggs and Ham.
Constraints can force us to be more creative by pushing us to do more with less.”
-from Non Obvious Thinking by Rohit Bhargava and Ben DuPont.
"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
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