I just heard a quote from Geddy Lee, bass player from Rush
“What’s originality?
Originality is when you have so many influences that you can’t tell which is which anymore. You can’t tell them anymore. You can’t see them anymore. They’ve all melded.
And as your confidence rises in your craft, your personality steps in front of those influences and that forms your voice”
Go through life with conscious open eyes and see who is winning in different areas. Steal things from them.
In business that looks like taking ideas from one industry and applying it to another. Or talking with people who do things unrelated to what you do. Things like that.
Growing up I would steal mannerisms, beliefs, styles, etc. from people when I saw it working. Steal from one place and use it somewhere else. Do that enough and now you have a unique combination of stolen things that are melded together into something original.
“What’s originality?
Originality is when you have so many influences that you can’t tell which is which anymore. You can’t tell them anymore. You can’t see them anymore. They’ve all melded.
And as your confidence rises in your craft, your personality steps in front of those influences and that forms your voice”
Go through life with conscious open eyes and see who is winning in different areas. Steal things from them.
In business that looks like taking ideas from one industry and applying it to another. Or talking with people who do things unrelated to what you do. Things like that.
Growing up I would steal mannerisms, beliefs, styles, etc. from people when I saw it working. Steal from one place and use it somewhere else. Do that enough and now you have a unique combination of stolen things that are melded together into something original.
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