Process over results every time

This image brilliantly illustrates something exceptionally important but incredibly difficult for many people.

First, when I use the word “idea,” it includes:

• Writing a book
• Recording a song
• Cooking beef stroganoff
• Decorating your bathroom
• Choosing a wedding dress
• Planning a marketing strategy
• Painting a mural
• Taking a photograph
• Designing your home
• Producing a podcast
• Planting a flower garden
• Launching a YouTube channel
• Inventing a cocktail

In addition to the traditional sense of an idea – an original thought or novel solution to a problem – any act of creation also amounts to an idea.

Sharing an idea that no one likes can be deeply discouraging and emotionally stifling, but we must remember this:

1. Not every idea is supposed to be a good idea.
2. Bad ideas are a necessary part of the creative process
3. Sometimes we are the only ones who can recognize the genius of a good idea.
4. Sometimes a good idea is ahead of its time.

Whatever the reason, we must not allow the quality of the idea or the response of the masses to prevent us from our next, possibly great idea.

Creation is, in many ways, a numbers game:

The more you do it, the greater your chances of success.