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Random Rules for Ideas
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Rick van der Wal
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It’s the reason I still use iGoogle as my homepage. Even when I don’t have the energy to browse through 700 items in my RSS feed I still get random lines from some of my favorite blogs, one of my most favorite being the Seth Godin Blog. Today he surprised me with a list of ‘Random rules for ideas worth spreading’ and I’ve noted down a few of my favorites, just as a reminder to myself.
- Think big. Bigger than that.
- Are you a serial idea-starting person? If so, what can you change to end that cycle? The goal is to be an idea-shipping person.
- Waiting for inspiration is another way of saying that you’re stalling. You don’t wait for inspiration, you command it to appear.
- Don’t poll your friends. It’s your art, not an election.
- Be prepared for the Dip.
- The hard part is finishing, so enjoy the starting part.
Most of these ‘rules’ are about finishing an idea – seeing it through to the end (or in case of the ‘the Dip‘, knowing when to quit).
Read the rest of the list over on Seth’s blog, there’s more than a few left worth reading! (and yes this was a little bit of a Seth Godin fanpost but I really feel he’s on a role lately with the ’shipping’ thing!)
Nice post. I was not aware of Seth’s blog. I have added it to my rss feed. One of the rules that you didn’t post is “Try not to confuse confidence with delusion.” – that is one of those obvious ones that we always forget to pay attn to. Anyways, nice post.
Certainly true, though not always easy to make the distinction even when you are ware of your own ‘delusion’ (or conviction/passion?!)