Do you rely on inspiration or discipline to make work?

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A repeated Creative Independent tension, asked as inspiration, muse, discipline, ritual, or the requirement to show up.

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Hiroshi Mikitani Founder, chairman and chief executive of Rakuten

We didn’t research the product. We didn’t launch a focus group or field a study. We had an idea, and we acted. The results informed our thinking.

Recorded Quartz, 20 July 2022 source ↗

Jensen Huang Co-founder, president and chief executive of NVIDIA

Well, I work from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed. And I work seven days a week.

Recorded Patrick Collison, Stripe Sessions 2024, 2024 source ↗

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