INSANE * IMPOSSIBLE * IDIOTIC
Why that should be you!
Thoughts.
Flights of fancy.
Imagination running wild.
The world is full of possibilities.
Are we scared of our own grand thoughts?
Utopia, for sure.
But a grand vision of all that can be done
a painting of everything we want,
if we put our mind to it.
H. G. Wells imagined 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
without diving more than a few metres.
Spielberg and Cameron built worlds
before the tech even existed.
Most of us kill our wildest ideas
before they ever reach our lips
or fingertips.
Yet one person’s “impossible”
can defy headwinds and inertia,
and blaze a road for others to follow.
The path is solo at first.
A thin trail when a few follow.
A full road when the crowd finally comes.
Give yourself permission to dream, and aim big.
Then take smaller steps toward it.
The journey will be lonely,
with self-doubt as your only travel partner.
Turn that into fuel.
Everything is insane
until YOU prove it otherwise.
The Psychology of Shameless Creativity
Visionary Bias: Big, “impossible” ideas trigger more resistance, internally and externally, than small ones. They are the ones that create disproportionate breakthroughs.
Ridicule–Adoption Curve: Groundbreaking ideas often pass through a stage of being mocked before they are embraced.
Scale Anchor Effect: Starting with an audacious goal makes even your “small” steps feel significant and worth pursuing.
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The 7-Second rule of creativity
Constipation, Diahorrea, and Creative Cholesterol
Creative Shame vs Creative EGO
The past doesn’t write the future!
Don’t be scared of original thought.
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