It’s so funny when I hear people being so protective of ideas.
(People who want me to sign an NDA to tell me the simplest idea.)
To me, ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a
multiplier. Execution is worth millions.
Explanation:
AWFUL IDEA = -1
WEAK IDEA = 1
SO-SO IDEA = 5
GOOD IDEA = 10
GREAT IDEA = 15
BRILLIANT IDEA = 20
NO EXECUTION = $1
WEAK EXECUTION = $1000
SO-SO- EXECUTION = $10,000
GOOD EXECUTION = $100,000
GREAT EXECUTION = $1,000,000
BRILLIANT EXECUTION = $10,000,000
To make a business, you need to multiply the two. The most brilliant
idea, with no execution, is worth $20. The most brilliant idea takes
great execution to be worth $20,000,000. That’s why I don’t want to
hear people’s ideas. I’m not interested until I see their execution.
[2] The Hollow Men T S Eliot
...
Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom
Between the conception
And the creation
Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the Shadow
Life is very long
...
Tip o' the hat to Daring Fireball for spotting the first one. Which twigged me onto the second one - probably my favourite lines of poetry ever.
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