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title: Innovation
created: 2024-11-18T09:18:12
modified: 2025-12-21T15:01:26
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> _“Good ideas are always crazy until they’re not.” — Larry Page_

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> _“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.” — Bertrand Russell_

> _“To be great is to be misunderstood.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson_

Your success in life is proportional to your willingness to be misunderstood for long periods of time. Real innovation is about everyone agreeing with you…_later_. If everyone agrees with you, you’re not truly innovating.

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> _“Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” — Friedrich Nietzsche_

Dance to your music. Let everyone join in later.

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True innovation is generally met with misunderstanding and ridicule.

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Innovation needs [failures](failing-forward-turns-setbacks-into-stepping-stones.md).

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[The Long Nose of Innovation](https://sketchplanations.com/the-long-nose-of-innovation)