Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson 698. Paul is on the Podcast / Random Questions with Paul Taylor
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Dec 23, 2020 AI Snips
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Nostalgia For Early, Open-Ended Days
- Paul and Luke reminisce about early podcast days and how life changed after family and career moves.
- Paul left Apple to do stand-up full time and remembers a time when "everything was possible" in his career.
Execution Outweighs Inspiration
- Paul argues that executing ideas beats the idea itself; practice and repetition make a joke or project work.
- He compares inspiration to 1% and the hard work of refining material to the larger percentage of success.
Iterate Relentlessly To Make Ideas Work
- Do the hard, often unseen work: rehearse, refine and test ideas repeatedly before expecting success.
- Treat creative output like craftsmanship: keep iterating until an audience response proves the idea works.