My take on it is that he means really new / radical ideas are very uncomfortable for most people. They will reject them and you’ll have to work really hard to s

My take on it is that he means really new / radical ideas are very uncomfortable for most people. They will reject them and you’ll have to work really hard to show them why it will be worth the pain and good for them in the end. So don’t worry about someone pinching that idea - the hard work is not the idea, it’s the convincing.