Not realizing this has hamstrung my thought process quite a bit. I've killed a lot of ideas because I felt they were too similar to others, but really, looking

Not realizing this has hamstrung my thought process quite a bit. I've killed a lot of ideas because I felt they were too similar to others, but really, looking back, they weren't. Everything we do is derivative, even the things we consider original, as they're all built on a common scattershot mass of knowledge. If we all went to make something as simple as a shampoo bottle, we'd get a lot of different, completely unique concepts. This is worth remembering.