"Ideas are cheap" is a misleading expression. The full expression is "Ideas are cheap without execution". But same goes for "Execution is cheap without a good i

"Ideas are cheap" is a misleading expression. The full expression is "Ideas are cheap without execution". But same goes for "Execution is cheap without a good idea". I'm annoyed at people preaching this expression out of context as if they know what they're talking about. From my experience, those who actually get stuff done appreciate BOTH execution AND ideas. Great ideas are very hard to come by, and the winners fully appreciate it and make sure they execute them when they see one. On the other hand, the losers always circle jerk about how ideas are worth nothing (while not actually doing anything themselves which is ironic). It's probably because they don't value the ideas that they never have enough motivation to execute on them.