“Big ideas are often big precisely because they defy categorization. But blame it on our human tendency to want some kind of peg to hang our hat on. So before you blow up the category, what your editors, copywriters and marketing department might want to know is, what’s the niche?”
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“We invest our time and attention into the work of those who have taken the trouble to translate their findings into stories and words we can understand—stories and words that speak to our own needs, pain points, longings and desires.”
“There are recurring patterns that show up again and again in big ideas that have spread, to indicate that they require some attention-getting wow factor, some audacious proposition, before we pay attention.”
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“An audacious proposition is designed to interrupt the regularly scheduled broadcast to deliver some new information.”
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“Faith doesn't get you around problems in life and relationships, it gets you through it.”
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“The underlying expectation of a big idea is that the audience will be smarter, more knowledgeable, more competent, more informed and possibly more in control than before.”
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“We’re swimming in an ocean of information like none of our ancestors before us. And this access to abundant sources of data presents a mixed blessing. There is so much competing information, both trivial and significant.”
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“Your audience needs to know this is important enough to pay attention to right now instead of all the other signals competing for their attention.”
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“The names of those who have influenced our ideas tell a story in themselves: who they were, when and where they lived, what their contribution to the great ongoing conversation was or is.”
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“If you have an idea worth spreading, you don’t need permission from anybody to spread it. If you have an idea worth spreading, the reliable research, data and definitions can be added later. If you have an idea worth spreading, you can sound it out with some loyal friends and let them remind you how much hard-won experience you’ve racked up—how many thousands of hours in deliberate practice.”
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