Inspiration quickly fades and is not enough to sustain a prolonged effort. That’s why you should act immediately when inspiration strikes. For example, when you have the idea for a blog post, jump straight into writing it—waiting causes the inspiration to pass and the likelihood of writing it goes down.
See also:
- Naval Ravikant writes about this in ‘How to get rich’.
- When it comes to writing, it’s like getting naked in public so you probably do need some inspiration to put yourself out there.
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Space Exploration Led to Earth Day
The US space program led to the first color photographs of the Earth taken from the Moon in 1969. No one had ever seen it from so far away and it moved people. In fact, it resulted in a new conservation movement which eventually led to Earth Day in 1970.
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His Music Would Come Out Like a Sneeze
I watched an interview with Susan Rogers, sound engineer for Prince, and she described Prince’s prolific production process. “His music would come out like a sneeze,” she said.