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Ideas are crap

25 January 2010 2 Comments

honeyLiterally. Coming up with ideas is like taking a crap. You get one good one a day. Two if you’re lucky and sometimes you’re blessed with three or four. If you try to push your idea out into the world before it’s ready, it might not work and it can be pretty painful. Sometimes the best thing you can do is relax and drink lots of coffee. I still remember being in school and seeing a copywriting student staring at
a blank word document on his mac. I asked if he saw the game last night and he was like, “Can’t talk now. I’m working.” He was creatively constipated. Brainstorming meetings are like asking people to take a dump on demand. That’s why they usually don’t work.

- John Huggins

2 Comments »

  • Shawn said:

    a fascinating parallel you have constructed, my friend.

  • jerry matthews said:

    totally agree! it always amazes me how some people expect you to “create on demand.” sure, there are days that it’s easy. but i don’t ask an accountant to instantly complete my tax return or a lawyer to settle my auto accident claim on command. just give me some peace & quiet, perhaps some good reading material for inspiration, and i can produce the goods.

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