Make More Art: The Prolific Creator Never Has a Shortage of Ideas

The Prolific Creator Never Has a Shortage of Ideas

You don’t either. As I said in my last book, “Nobody has a shortage of ideas. We just lack the discipline to capture them.” It doesn’t matter if you have bad ideas or good ideas. The only goal is to have a lot of ideas. Whether it’s half baked, brilliant or bat shit crazy, write it down.

15 years ago, people said, “Don’t get in cars with strangers. You’ll get murdered.” Today that’s how we get around.

What’s batshit crazy today might lead to brilliance or billions tomorrow.

The Prolific Creator’s Work Speaks for Him

Prolific creators are too damn busy doing their work to tweet about it, compose status updates, or upload pictures to Instagram.

• Ryan Holiday wrote 6 books In 6 years. By the time I finish reading one, the galley for the other one shows up at my house.
• Cal Newport doesn’t even have a social media account. The only reason he got a smartphone was that his wife insisted after he had kids. He’s written multiple books on the side of a demanding day job as a professor.