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October 9, 2009

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The wisdom of ignoring when creating something new

I heard a Chinese proverb one day that I believe being of key importance to Innovation. It goes like this:

“Those who think it can’t be done should not disturb those doing it”

The reason I want to share this at the blog is that when it comes to building stuff that ain’t there yet, when focusing on creating anything new, the chances are that you will meet lots of people saying that it can’t be done. Now because you can not control the actions of others, you got to believe in your instincts and in what you want to achieve. Ignoring gives you the power to focus on what needs to be done. It’s Ok to ignore and to go for it, the hard work will pay off at the end. But remember! In the end, once the big step was taken, you should always stop ignoring, and take every feedback as a learning. Every invention will profit from some fix here and there.

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  1. Marco Nascimento
    Oct 9 2009

    There’s another proverb, I don’t know its origin, though: “Not knowing it was impossible, he went ahead and did it.”
    I think it is better in portuguese “sem saber que era impossível ele foi lá e fez”

  2. Oct 10 2009

    Beautiful!! yes, sounds better in Portuguese!

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