1. Ignore everybody
2. The idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to change
the world
3. Put the hours in
4. If your biz plan depends on you suddenly being “discovered”
by some big shot, your plan will probably fail.
5. You are responsible for your own experience
6. Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of
crayons in kindergarten
7. Keep your day job
8. Companies that squelch creativity can no longer
compete with companies that champion creativity
9. Everybody has their own private Mount
Everest they were put on this earth to climb
10. The more talented somebody
is, the less they need the props
11. Don’t try to stand out from the crowd; avoid crowds
altogether
12. If
you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you
13. Never
compare your inside with somebody else’s outside
14. Dying
young is overrated
15. The
most important thing a creative person can learn professionally is where to
draw the red line that separates what you are willing to do, and what you are
not
16. The
world is changing
17. Merit
can be bought. Passion can’t
18. Avoid the
Watercooler Gang
19. Sing
in your own voice
20. The choice of media is irrelevant
21. Selling out
is harder than it looks
22. Nobody cares. Do it for yourself
23. Worrying about ‘Commercial vs Artistic’
is a complete waste of time
24. Don’t worry about finding inspiration.
It comes eventually
25. You have to find your own shtick
26. Write from the heart
27. The best way to get approval is not to
need it
28. Power is never given. Power is taken
29. Whatever choice you make, the Devil
gets his due eventually
30. The hardest part of being creative is
getting used to it.
–Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
, by Hugh MacLeod.
, by Hugh MacLeod.
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1 comment:
Really post, a good list for anyone to read
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