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You'd be hard pressed to come up with an idea so bad that it couldn't succeed with the right execution. And it would be even harder to imagine a great idea
by Sukotto 16y ago
You'd be hard pressed to come up with an idea so bad that
it couldn't succeed with the right execution. And it would
be even harder to imagine a great idea that couldn't fail
if the execution were left to morons.
Ideas are worthless. Execution is everything.
Words to live by. I often have to re-evaluate my own thinking because I tend to fall into the trap of waiting for a better idea.
- billswift 16y agoTheodore Rubin, in "Overcoming Indecisiveness" wrote: "The Big Fact is this: In very few instances is one decision actually better than another. "In the majority of issues, almost any choice can be converted into a constructive decision." His point is not to waste time and energy dithering - it is the commitment to making a decision work that is most important. Just substitute "idea" for "choice".