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That's what discipline is all about. Creating a plan, having goals with milestones, checklists, schedule, etc. It's hard work and sometimes tedious, but mostly rewarding, leaving you with a sense of accomplishment and pride. It increases your level of confidence in what you can accomplish, it makes you better at overcoming problems.

Having ideas is a natural impulse, following through requires discipline and hard work.

Someone said "genius is as common as dust".

Nassim Taleb said something like "it's not about having ideas, it's about learning how to manage your ideas". I might be slightly off.

Anyhow, good initiative.




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