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This describes me perfectly. And the struggle to be better at execution is huge. But with a lot of dedication and habit building I've been able to (partially) o

This describes me perfectly. And the struggle to be better at execution is huge. But with a lot of dedication and habit building I've been able to (partially) overcome it.

slx26 5y ago
Echoing the other comment that was talking about stigma... I think we should at least admit that, of course, without execution ideas aren't worth much, but without ideas you don't even have anything to do. And in fact, most of the people that are not good at "ideas", are not good at executing either. That is, making good plans to create things. Of course, executing as "following orders" is another entirely different category that many more people can fulfill adequately. So, we should look at ourselves to make sure we are not only daydreamers, that ideas don't only work in our heads, that they might actually make sense in the real world too... But creativity is not the same skill as planning, and that's kinda ok too. It's good to keep your feet on the ground to avoid selling dreams, and I also really hate the people that will only talk big and then show no interest on working on some of their "best" ideas, but creativity is not the same as the ability to fully realize ideas, from creative inception to success. This later part requires many skills. Having reasonable and interesting ideas is only one of them.
dj_mc_merlin 5y ago
Funny, it describes the opposite of me. When the high-level idea people start talking, I have already phased out. It seems somewhat useless to me, they spend so many hours talking about possibilities that shatter at the first contact with the real world. Without at least a bit of practical time to attempt things and fail, I am basically useless at design.
- colechristensen 5y ago
  People are good at different things, this is a feature, not a bug. Some people are more explorers, others executors. Probably are lots of other words to fit in there with slightly different meanings. There is some (too much) pressure for everybody to be great at everything and when they are different enough are labeled as having a disease. This is why people work together, to build on each other’s strengths.
- ascales 5y ago
  I fall on the idea person end of the spectrum more than the work-horse end, and when someone comes talking about big ideas without some baseline plan, hypothesis, or validation I zone out too. I get so frustrated with people who spend 40 hours working on shitty slide-decks trying to convince me something is a good idea instead of finding a way to show proof.

This describes me perfectly. And the struggle to be better at execution is huge. But with a lot of dedication and habit building I've been able to (partially) overcome it.

slx26 5y ago

Echoing the other comment that was talking about stigma... I think we should at least admit that, of course, without execution ideas aren't worth much, but without ideas you don't even have anything to do. And in fact, most of the people that are not good at "ideas", are not good at executing either. That is, making good plans to create things. Of course, executing as "following orders" is another entirely different category that many more people can fulfill adequately. So, we should look at ourselves to make sure we are not only daydreamers, that ideas don't only work in our heads, that they might actually make sense in the real world too... But creativity is not the same skill as planning, and that's kinda ok too. It's good to keep your feet on the ground to avoid selling dreams, and I also really hate the people that will only talk big and then show no interest on working on some of their "best" ideas, but creativity is not the same as the ability to fully realize ideas, from creative inception to success. This later part requires many skills. Having reasonable and interesting ideas is only one of them.

dj_mc_merlin 5y ago

Funny, it describes the opposite of me. When the high-level idea people start talking, I have already phased out. It seems somewhat useless to me, they spend so many hours talking about possibilities that shatter at the first contact with the real world. Without at least a bit of practical time to attempt things and fail, I am basically useless at design.

colechristensen 5y ago
People are good at different things, this is a feature, not a bug. Some people are more explorers, others executors. Probably are lots of other words to fit in there with slightly different meanings. There is some (too much) pressure for everybody to be great at everything and when they are different enough are labeled as having a disease. This is why people work together, to build on each other’s strengths.
ascales 5y ago
I fall on the idea person end of the spectrum more than the work-horse end, and when someone comes talking about big ideas without some baseline plan, hypothesis, or validation I zone out too. I get so frustrated with people who spend 40 hours working on shitty slide-decks trying to convince me something is a good idea instead of finding a way to show proof.