Inspiration is exposure to The Inspiring + Proactive Response To The Inspiring The Inspiring is The New Proactive Response is action, interaction To one uninspired, unmotivated, subsequently unhappy, apathetic — it’s either one of the two Obviously you will not be particularly excited about a boring life. It’s self-evident. Exposure …
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From Mediocrity to Excellence: Intelligent, Skillful Creativity Manifesto
There’s the Known and there’s the Not-Known. The Not-Known is THE NEW The Not-Known came first. Before we knew anything — we knew nothing. Before the legacy, before the skill, before the craft, before the knowledge — there was only the discovery. The unknown. The CREATIVITY. Creativity comes always first. It has always came first. …
Quality Vs Quantity Is A False Dichotomy
Quality vs quantity is a false dichotomy Quality is a function of quantity. Quantity of trial-and-error. Quantity of iterations. You try things. You produce things. Produce prototypes. Produce sketches. Produce ideas. Some of those are of higher quality. Some are less perfect or less appropriate. But still have some of that quality. Quality vs quantity …
Plans Are Good When The Results Are Predictable
Plans are good when results are predictable Plans are adverse when results are unpredictable Most of us plan too much or too little or both We don’t understand what makes planning appropriate Most are unprofessional. Disorganised. Their chaotic actions reflect their ineptitude. Out of lack of sufficient challenge or ability — no discipline, …
Real World Outcomes
There’s the real world and there are ideas and theories. There’s engaging in actual actions in the real world — and there’s engaging in ideologies, in theoretical explorations and fantasies. If you are serious about the real-world outcomes — you want to engage in real-world actions, receive real-world feedback, and prepare real-world response. …
Relevant or Not
High quality / low quality — wrong dichotomy Original / Trite — wrong dichotomy Respectable / Dis-respectable — wrong dichotomy Relevant, or not — is the only metric How we love to IDEALISE, RATIONALISE, MAKE SENSE OF and MORALISE I don’t believe there is someone entirely free from this fault …
Accountability
The fact that so few are accountable makes one wonder if one even knows the meaning of ACCOUNTABILITY Let me explain There are two ways of doing something. OPTIMAL and NOT OPTIMAL The difference between the optimal and not optimal is often ambiguous. Particularly in creative acts. It is also often NOT …
“Passion” is Not an Idea, Not an Ideal
If you followed your passion you are likely naive But if you didn’t — don’t ask me why your life doesn’t seem to be worth it Go ahead and check the box on this imperative problem of SURVIVING, Then go do whatever the fuck you want If you are 1000% passionate about …
True Vision
Lasting vision is truly just a prison No one who CHANGES has a lasting vision No one who is concerned with what is real can abide to a lasting vision What is vision? Doesn’t vision imply SEEING? Is seeing a fixed state — or is it an endless process? Vision is seeing. One SEES …
Caught Between: EXPLORATION vs REPUTATION
Life is exploration. World is exploration. Progress is exploration. Discovery is exploration. Exploration comes before discovery. Before result. Before achievement. Before benefits. Before reputation Exploration is salient philosophically, spiritually. Results are subjective. Their relevance is merely relative. Exploration is a way of living, a lifestyle, a life’s philosophy. Fixation with result ruins …