Are you sure it happens in that order? You don't HAVE to trash it, you choose to. :) Is being first to an idea the important part? It seems that not being fir

Are you sure it happens in that order? You don't HAVE to trash it, you choose to. :) Is being first to an idea the important part? It seems that not being first demotivates you because your passion is invested in being new and unique not in what you are actually building. When the uniqueness has gone, you lose interest. You're in love with the idea of having a great idea. Next time you get an idea you have two options :- * Research FIRST, then be glad if it already exists, it's proof your idea is a good one and you're free to move & spend your time on something else. * If your heart is set on working on something see the others as competition, learn from their examples, what do they charge, where they advertise, who writes about them. Learn what they're bad at and improve up on it. For the customers you serve you'll always be the first!