Ed Sheeran and Neil Gaiman
Ed and Neil are in the top 0.000001% of their fields. They're among, say, 25 people in the world who repeatedly generate blockbusters.
They both share the exact same creative process The creativity faucet.
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Generalist. Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.
A mental model for being creative.
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