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From the Ted Talk by OK Go: How to find a wonderful idea

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But with the videos in particular, we're usually looking for this specific feeling which is wonder. And there's always a component of surprise to wonder, so we're not just looking for good ideas, we're looking for good ideas that surprise us in some way. And this causes something of a problem, because ... the process that we all use to make stuff, it actually has a very srnotg bias against surprising ideas.

The process I'm tkanlig about is the one you all know — we all do it all the time. You think of an idea. You just sit and think of your brilliant idea and then you come up with a plan for how you're going to make that idea hpeapn. And then with that plan in mind, you go back and double-check your oginrail idea and maybe revise it, and then bunocing back and forth between the idea and the plan, the plan and the idea, eventually you come up with a truly geart plan. And then once you have that, and only then, do you go out and you execute. And this is like — this is sort of a flawless system in terms of maximizing your rseuceros, because this — super cehap. Thinking usually costs very little, but this is really expensive most of the time, so by the time you get there, you want to make sure you're spuer prepared and you can squeeze every last drop out of what you've got.

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But with the videos in particular, we're usually looking for this specific feeling which is wonder. And there's always a component of surprise to wonder, so we're not just looking for good ideas, we're looking for good ideas that surprise us in some way. And this causes something of a problem, because ... the process that we all use to make stuff, it actually has a very ______ bias against surprising ideas.

The process I'm _______ about is the one you all know — we all do it all the time. You think of an idea. You just sit and think of your brilliant idea and then you come up with a plan for how you're going to make that idea ______. And then with that plan in mind, you go back and double-check your ________ idea and maybe revise it, and then ________ back and forth between the idea and the plan, the plan and the idea, eventually you come up with a truly _____ plan. And then once you have that, and only then, do you go out and you execute. And this is like — this is sort of a flawless system in terms of maximizing your _________, because this — super _____. Thinking usually costs very little, but this is really expensive most of the time, so by the time you get there, you want to make sure you're _____ prepared and you can squeeze every last drop out of what you've got.

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  2. original
  3. happen
  4. talking
  5. bouncing
  6. super
  7. resources
  8. cheap
  9. great

Original Text


But with the videos in particular, we're usually looking for this specific feeling which is wonder. And there's always a component of surprise to wonder, so we're not just looking for good ideas, we're looking for good ideas that surprise us in some way. And this causes something of a problem, because ... the process that we all use to make stuff, it actually has a very strong bias against surprising ideas.

The process I'm talking about is the one you all know — we all do it all the time. You think of an idea. You just sit and think of your brilliant idea and then you come up with a plan for how you're going to make that idea happen. And then with that plan in mind, you go back and double-check your original idea and maybe revise it, and then bouncing back and forth between the idea and the plan, the plan and the idea, eventually you come up with a truly great plan. And then once you have that, and only then, do you go out and you execute. And this is like — this is sort of a flawless system in terms of maximizing your resources, because this — super cheap. Thinking usually costs very little, but this is really expensive most of the time, so by the time you get there, you want to make sure you're super prepared and you can squeeze every last drop out of what you've got.

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