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Ignore Everybody (2009) (edit title/settings)

And 39 Other Keys to Creativity

by Hugh MacLeod (Author) (edit contributors)

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Hugh MacLeod's acclaimed blog Gaping Void draws 1.5 million visitors a month, and his ebook, How to Be Creative, has been downloaded more than a million times. In Ignore Everybody, he expands his thoughts about unleashing creativity in a world that often thwarts it.

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When Hugh MacLeod was a struggling you copywriter living in a YMCA, he started to doodle on the backs of business cards while sitting at a bar. Those cartoons eventually led to a popular blog--Gaping Void--and a reputation for pithy insitght and humor.
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When Hugh MacLeod was a struggling you copywriter living in a YMCA, he started to doodle on the backs of business cards while sitting at a bar. Those cartoons eventually led to a popular blog--Gaping Void--and a reputation for pithy insitght and humor.
MacLeod has opinions on everything from maketing to the meaning of life, but one of his main subjects is creativity. How do new ideas emerge in a cynical, risk-averse world? Where does inspiration come from? What does it take to make a living as a creative person?
Now his first book expands on his sharpest insights, wittiest cartoons, and most useful advice.

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  • “If you talked to people the way advertising talked to people they'd punch you in the face.”
  • “The biggest mistake young people make is underestimating how competitive the world is out there.”
  • “The more the idea is yours alone, the more freedom you have to do something really amazing.”
  • “The only people who can change the world are people who want to.”
  • “Your job is probably worth 50 percent of what it was in real terms ten years ago.”
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  • GOOD IDEAS ALTER THE POWER BALANCE IN RELATIONSHIPS. THAT IS WHY GOOD IDEAS ARE ALWAYS INITIALLY RESISTED.
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  • “Work hard. Keep at it. Live simply and quietly. Remain humble. Stay positive. Create your own luck. Be nice. Be polite.”
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  • Doing anything worthwhile takes forever. Ninety percent of what separates successful people and failed people is time, effort, and stamina.
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  • There’s a famous old quip: “A lot of people in business say they have twenty years’ experience, when in fact all they really have is one year’s experience, repeated twenty times.”
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  • If you try to make something just to fit your uninformed view of some hypothetical market, you will fail. If you make something special and powerful and honest and true, you will succeed.
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  • Nobody can tell you if what you’re doing is good, meaningful, or worthwhile. The more compelling the path, the more lonely it is.
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  • The more original your idea is, the less good advice other people will be able to give you.
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  • Part of being creative is learning how to protect your freedom. That includes freedom from avarice.
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  • The only people who can change the world are people who want to. And not everybody does.
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  • A fancy tool just gives the second-rater one more pillar to hide behind.
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The more original your idea is, the less good advice other people will be able to give you.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Ignore Everybody
2. The idea doesn't have to be big, it just has to be yours.
3. Put the hours in.
4. Good ideas have lonely childhoods.
5. If your business plan depends on suddenly being discovered by some big shot, your plan will probably fail.
6. You are responsible for your own experience
7. Everybody is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten.
8. Keep your day job.
9. Companies that squelch creativity can no longer compete with companies that champion creativity.
10. Everybody has their own Mount Everest that they were put on earth to climb.
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  • Creative advice: Hugh MacLeod gives common sense advice with an aire of humor and practicality. He gives 39 Keys to unleashing your potential and creativity.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Hugh MacLeod (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD.
Country: England
Publication Date: 2009
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Page Count: 178

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  • Copyright Status: Public Domain
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  • Dewey: 650.1

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