A thought doesn’t become more true just because you uploaded it. Some ideas need to marinate offline.

STILLNESS

WHAT THIS MEANS

Publishing a thought early fixes it in place before it has finished forming. Once a position is stated in public you begin defending it instead of developing it, and the reactions arrive and pull it further from whatever you were actually working out. Ideas need a stretch where changing your mind costs nothing.

Keep the half formed ones somewhere private and let them sit for a few weeks. Argue against yourself in writing before anyone else gets the chance. Say it out loud once it has survived your own scrutiny rather than before.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

How long do your ideas sit before you share them?

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