As an undergrad in art school I remember being chastised by my professor for being too cerebral. She wanted me to put all my ideas down on paper and I felt they were better off in my head, where I could ponder them further. Being that I was in a design class I had to give in an draw out everything I intended to do. This tendency to keep ideas and new concepts to my self did not die in that class however. I’m still quite secretive to this day. In his TED talk Derek Sivers founder and former president of CD Baby an online CD store for independent musicians details why he believes it is best to keep your ideas to yourself in order to improve the chance of achieving them. Turns out I was right all along.
“After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone — but Derek Sivers says it’s better to keep goals secret. He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.”-http://www.ted.com
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