Comments on: Where do you get your ideas? http://www.notes.xythian.net/2005/07/21/where-do-you-get-your-ideas/ Links, technical notes, whatnot. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:06:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ryan http://www.notes.xythian.net/2005/07/21/where-do-you-get-your-ideas/#comment-296 Ryan Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:59:13 +0000 http://www.notes.xythian.net/2005/07/21/where-do-you-get-your-ideas/#comment-296 Along the lines of inspiration vs. perspiration, Mark Cuban had <a href="http://www.blogmaverick.com/entry/1234000033045010/" rel="nofollow">a post</a> about making it big in business. He talks about moving from one failure to the next until finally hitting it big: <i>The point of all this is that it doesn’t matter how many times you fail. It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and either should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because… All that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.</i> Along the lines of inspiration vs. perspiration, Mark Cuban had a post about making it big in business. He talks about moving from one failure to the next until finally hitting it big:

The point of all this is that it doesn’t matter how many times you fail. It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and either should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because…

All that matters in business is that you get it right once.

Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.

]]> By: Doug Orleans http://www.notes.xythian.net/2005/07/21/where-do-you-get-your-ideas/#comment-295 Doug Orleans Fri, 22 Jul 2005 02:58:47 +0000 http://www.notes.xythian.net/2005/07/21/where-do-you-get-your-ideas/#comment-295 I just read a couple columns by Monte Cook about this (ideas and inspiration vs. perspiration): <a href="http://montecook.com/arch_lineos26.html" rel="nofollow">The Dreams Stuff is Made Of</a> and <a href="http://montecook.com/arch_lineos56.html" rel="nofollow">A Dime a Dozen is Cheap!</a>. (I was going to post these to Lynn's journal this afternoon, but I couldn't find the links at the time, so I hope she's reading this now.) I just read a couple columns by Monte Cook about this (ideas and inspiration vs. perspiration): The Dreams Stuff is Made Of and A Dime a Dozen is Cheap!. (I was going to post these to Lynn’s journal this afternoon, but I couldn’t find the links at the time, so I hope she’s reading this now.)

]]> By: Ken http://www.notes.xythian.net/2005/07/21/where-do-you-get-your-ideas/#comment-294 Ken Fri, 22 Jul 2005 02:56:38 +0000 http://www.notes.xythian.net/2005/07/21/where-do-you-get-your-ideas/#comment-294 It's a good sentiment. I guess I made the skill roll to decode it. It’s a good sentiment. I guess I made the skill roll to decode it.

]]> By: Erik http://www.notes.xythian.net/2005/07/21/where-do-you-get-your-ideas/#comment-293 Erik Fri, 22 Jul 2005 02:33:34 +0000 http://www.notes.xythian.net/2005/07/21/where-do-you-get-your-ideas/#comment-293 A friend wrote me the other day: "i think that talent is a shoddy reason, at best, to do something. talent is just a bonus to stat. it's the exp that counts. but what counts more in my estimation than exp is how happy the thing makes you." I think it's in code. A friend wrote me the other day:

“i think that talent is a shoddy reason, at best, to do something.
talent is just a bonus to stat. it’s the exp that counts. but what
counts more in my estimation than exp is how happy the thing makes
you.”

I think it’s in code.

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