[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Productivity]] - People: [[Matt Raglan]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=018kzD84qYs --- ## Summary - "[[Generate an exponential number more ideas than what you will actually come up with for success]]". - [[Never let the difficulty of details dissuade you from dreaming]]. - [[The art of making isn't magic. It's just doing.]] - [[It's not about doing it once. It's about never stopping.]] ## Notes - It's difficult to translate ideas to action because you have to creatively context switch from a makers mindset to a managers mindset - to decide what needs to be prioritized and when. - Makers make dreams, managers make reality, - Translating analog ideas to project management systems feels tedious - not because of tooling, but rather, you have to work through the difficult work of articulating the details in-between - [[Difficulty is in the details]]. - [[Never let the difficulty of details dissuade you from dreaming]]. - Map your ideas. - Massive ideation is an underdeveloped practice. - "[[Generate an exponential number more ideas than what you will actually come up with for success]]". - [[Always position yourself to choose ideas rather than create them]]. By generating many ideas at a time, you enable the future you to simply choose one great idea out of many. - Get your ideas out of your head and onto something you can see. - Cultivate the discipline of capturing and transforming ideas into action. - Productivity, the art of producing, the act of making, isn't magic. It's just doing it. - Productivity is all about the follow through. - [[It's not about doing it once. It's about never stopping.]] - "[[Words show a man's wit, but actions will show his meaning.]]" - Benjamin Franklin, - "[[Being busy means doing stuff. Being productive means getting stuff done.]]" - Unknown. - Stop being busy. Start being productive. - Reject the idea of busyness. In fact, remove it from your vocabulary altogether. - [["Busy" is a four letter word]]. ## Original ![[How to transform your ideas to action-1.jpg]] ![[How to transform your ideas to action-2.jpg]]