This brilliant kick-in-the-arse article by Stefan Boublil encourages us to stop obsessing over inspiration and process and just get making. If you're taking your time on a side project, or haven't even started it yet bookmark this article, take note, and act.
Every time I open any of my socially conscious accounts these days, it is to find yet another peer fawning over the words of one Godin, Gladwell or Béhar and declaring them to be "so inspiring," "amazing" or, god-forbid, "telling the truth!" (exclamation theirs.) The truth is that too many of my confreres find some sort of solace and pride in their judicious identification of what constitutes value, especially as previously singled out by others, but fail miserably to act upon the principles therefore unearthed. It seems to me that when some professional editor, CEO or designer deigns to publicly expound on the oft-expounded virtues of leadership, excellence or the way to creation, it is neither to show off, encourage awe nor even lead by example, but rather to foster principle. They aim to advertise the source of their supposed success not merely encourage imitation of its least valuable consequence, form...
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