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Maurice
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If your work sucks, keep going! I recently came across the concept of „The Taste Gap" by Ira Glass. Here is a quote by Ira, that describes the concept well: „Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. …
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Maurice
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A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.“
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Maurice
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I didn't knew the term. But the concept sounded familiar to me. I grew up with the saying: Übung macht den Meister (engl. practice makes perfect). For me, it was always a great disappointment that the idea I had in my head could not be satisfactorily put on paper. Until I learned to work iteratively. You start with your first idea, no matter how bad it is. You make 100 variations and play around, go into extremes, make small and big changes, and there is a very high probability that you will find a direction that comes close to your ideal. For the designers, look up the „Double Diamond“ model.
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Maurice
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The quote in video form: https://vimeo.com/85040589
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Mafe
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Thanks! 🤌🏽 11 $degen
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