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The Top Idea in Your Mind

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Re: The Top Idea in Your Mind

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Re: The Top Idea in Your Mind

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Post by shaunxcode »

For me I find if I DONT "steal" back the time to pursue the top idea I will perform poorly on what ever else I am trying to get done (contract work). So it is actually necessary to "procrastinate" and flesh the idea out - more often than not it ends up being something that has far greater worth than the "paying" contract work.

Re: The Top Idea in Your Mind

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Re: The Top Idea in Your Mind

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Post by leif »

redsymbol wrote: post #28

(I hear similar complaints from friends who are professors. Professors nowadays seem to have become professional fundraisers who do a little research on the side. It may be time to fix that.) Now there's a startup idea!

I am excite!

Re: The Top Idea in Your Mind

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Post by chc »

runT1ME wrote: post #2

Has PG matured an incredibly amount in the last few years? Honestly, I hated his writing before (which may be part of the point, incite controversy and get me to remember who he was and what he said), but lately I've thought his essays were very well done... Am I alone in this trend? Did he just win me over because of time? On this particular topic he's quite right that letting your mind drift, but also controlling t…

I suspect it's because his early essays were more "political" (if you stretch that to include the politics of programming), whereas his new ones are less likely to hit any of your mental "NO" buttons.

Re: The Top Idea in Your Mind

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Post by andreyf »

ddewey wrote: post #7

PG talks about the problem of having a top idea that he didn't want, something practical like making money or impractical like disputes, stealing his ambient-thought time. I have the opposite problem: practical things that need some ambient thought to really get right (day-to-day work, money stuff) fall by the wayside, while things that I care about or find more interesting (like programming projects or relationships…

Anyone else find this happening? Have coping strategies?

Yup. Nope.

Re: The Top Idea in Your Mind

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Post by moe »

jey wrote: post #30
noonespecial wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After one too many great ideas fogged over, I've decided that there's a product idea in semi-waterproof "dry" erase markers for shower doors. I'd buy a dozen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease_pencil

I have to wonder how long you guys shower that you have time to write down notes?

Re: The Top Idea in Your Mind

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Post by barmstrong »

Wow - this really resonated with me.

I have some investment properties and I've been realizing recently that even if they are decent investments, they have too often become the top idea in my mind when I didn't want them to be. This tax on my productivity and creativity could actually make them a net negative.

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