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<a href="index.html"><code>~</code></a>
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>Unrelated engineer
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<p>
This is collect of thoughts after I travel around the Internet. Not
engineering related though.
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>Give it five minutes</a
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There are two things in this world that take no skill: 1. Spending other
people’s money and 2. Dismissing an idea.
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Dismissing an idea is so easy because it doesn’t involve any work. You
can scoff at it. You can ignore it. You can puff some smoke at it.
That’s easy. The hard thing to do is protect it, think about it, let it
marinate, explore it, riff on it, and try it. The right idea could start
out life as the wrong idea.
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So next time you hear something, or someone, talk about an idea, pitch
an idea, or suggest an idea, give it five minutes. Think about it a
little bit before pushing back, before saying it’s too hard or it’s too
much work. Those things may be true, but there may be another truth in
there too: It may be worth it.
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>Never say “no,” but rarely say “yes.”</a
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So the principle is straightforward: Set the conditions of “yes” such
that:
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If they say “yes,” you’re happy because the terms or money are so
good, it more than compensates for the distraction, perhaps funding
the thing you really want to do.
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If they say “no,” you’re happy because it wasn’t a great fit anyway;
it’s not a worthwhile return on your time and effort.
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