good morning believe nation today’s message is the good ideas stay with you
message is the good ideas stay with you
message is the good ideas stay with you over to you Stephen King people will say
over to you Stephen King people will say
over to you Stephen King people will say do you keep a notebook and the answer is
do you keep a notebook and the answer is
do you keep a notebook and the answer is I think a writer’s notebook is the best
I think a writer’s notebook is the best
I think a writer’s notebook is the best way in the world to immortalize bad
way in the world to immortalize bad
way in the world to immortalize bad ideas my idea about a good idea is one
ideas my idea about a good idea is one
ideas my idea about a good idea is one that sticks around and sticks around and
that sticks around and sticks around and
that sticks around and sticks around and sticks around it’s like to me it’s like
sticks around it’s like to me it’s like
sticks around it’s like to me it’s like if you were to put bread crumbs in a
if you were to put bread crumbs in a
if you were to put bread crumbs in a strainer and shake it which is what the
strainer and shake it which is what the
strainer and shake it which is what the passage of time is for me it’s like
passage of time is for me it’s like
passage of time is for me it’s like shaking a strainer all this stuff that’s
shaking a strainer all this stuff that’s
shaking a strainer all this stuff that’s not very big and not very important just
not very big and not very important just
not very big and not very important just kind of dissolves and falls out but the
kind of dissolves and falls out but the
kind of dissolves and falls out but the good stuff stays you know the big pieces
good stuff stays you know the big pieces
good stuff stays you know the big pieces stay I had the idea for under the dome
stay I had the idea for under the dome
stay I had the idea for under the dome when I was teaching high school back in
when I was teaching high school back in
when I was teaching high school back in 1973 and it was just too big for me and
1973 and it was just too big for me and
1973 and it was just too big for me and I was too young for it and I wrote about
I was too young for it and I wrote about
I was too young for it and I wrote about 25 26 pages and put it away
25 26 pages and put it away
25 26 pages and put it away there’s a scene at the beginning of this
there’s a scene at the beginning of this
there’s a scene at the beginning of this book where this woodchuck gets cut in
book where this woodchuck gets cut in
book where this woodchuck gets cut in half when this dome comes down over this
half when this dome comes down over this
half when this dome comes down over this town I had written that part when I was
town I had written that part when I was
town I had written that part when I was in in my early 20s and just sort of
in in my early 20s and just sort of
in in my early 20s and just sort of recreated it from memory
recreated it from memory
recreated it from memory when I when I wrote the book so the good
when I when I wrote the book so the good
when I when I wrote the book so the good stuff stays so I’m the kind of person
stuff stays so I’m the kind of person
stuff stays so I’m the kind of person who likes to write things down I’m the
who likes to write things down I’m the
who likes to write things down I’m the I’m the kind of person who and when I
I’m the kind of person who and when I
I’m the kind of person who and when I have an idea whether it’s 2:00 in the
have an idea whether it’s 2:00 in the
have an idea whether it’s 2:00 in the morning or you know 3:00 at night or
morning or you know 3:00 at night or
morning or you know 3:00 at night or whatever it is when I have an idea I
whatever it is when I have an idea I
whatever it is when I have an idea I want to write it down I feel like unless
want to write it down I feel like unless
want to write it down I feel like unless I can get it out of my head and now I
I can get it out of my head and now I
I can get it out of my head and now I tend to just send myself an email and
tend to just send myself an email and
tend to just send myself an email and write it in Evernote until I get it out
write it in Evernote until I get it out
write it in Evernote until I get it out of my head i I’m unsettled I feel like
of my head i I’m unsettled I feel like
of my head i I’m unsettled I feel like I’m gonna forget the idea and it’s
I’m gonna forget the idea and it’s
I’m gonna forget the idea and it’s something that I’ve wrestled with this
something that I’ve wrestled with this
something that I’ve wrestled with this message of you know maybe I’m just not
message of you know maybe I’m just not
message of you know maybe I’m just not gonna write anything down and the best
gonna write anything down and the best
gonna write anything down and the best ideas that I have will just continue to
ideas that I have will just continue to
ideas that I have will just continue to come back and come back and come back
come back and come back and come back
come back and come back and come back and those are the ones that I should run
and those are the ones that I should run
and those are the ones that I should run with and if I look at how many times I
with and if I look at how many times I
with and if I look at how many times I actually look over that Evernote file
actually look over that Evernote file
actually look over that Evernote file it’s pretty slim
it’s pretty slim
it’s pretty slim and I feel like I kind of do it anyway
and I feel like I kind of do it anyway
and I feel like I kind of do it anyway where the best ideas come back to me
where the best ideas come back to me
where the best ideas come back to me over and over again and that’s what I
over and over again and that’s what I
over and over again and that’s what I run with but I haven’t fully embraced it
run with but I haven’t fully embraced it
run with but I haven’t fully embraced it maybe it’s not a fear of losing a great
maybe it’s not a fear of losing a great
maybe it’s not a fear of losing a great idea and every now and then when I look
idea and every now and then when I look
idea and every now and then when I look through the notes something does come
through the notes something does come
through the notes something does come back and I end up running with it and I
back and I end up running with it and I
back and I end up running with it and I fear that I may have forgot it if I
fear that I may have forgot it if I
fear that I may have forgot it if I didn’t write it down and I could have
didn’t write it down and I could have
didn’t write it down and I could have missed a big chunk of a big project I’m
missed a big chunk of a big project I’m
missed a big chunk of a big project I’m working on but maybe that’s an
working on but maybe that’s an
working on but maybe that’s an irrational fear I don’t know this is
irrational fear I don’t know this is
irrational fear I don’t know this is something that I want to play with more
something that I want to play with more
something that I want to play with more I do know that when I was taking about
I do know that when I was taking about
I do know that when I was taking about my 1 were to believe that’s been the
my 1 were to believe that’s been the
my 1 were to believe that’s been the foundation for this channel and a lot of
foundation for this channel and a lot of
foundation for this channel and a lot of the you know work that I do when I first
the you know work that I do when I first
the you know work that I do when I first thought about it I felt like it was too
thought about it I felt like it was too
thought about it I felt like it was too big I felt like it wasn’t the right one
big I felt like it wasn’t the right one
big I felt like it wasn’t the right one for me I felt like I felt like it was
for me I felt like I felt like it was
for me I felt like I felt like it was hard to live up to and the more I slept
hard to live up to and the more I slept
hard to live up to and the more I slept on it the more time went on the more you
on it the more time went on the more you
on it the more time went on the more you know I experiment with it the more it
know I experiment with it the more it
know I experiment with it the more it felt right and every passing day that
felt right and every passing day that
felt right and every passing day that big idea just stuck with me more and
big idea just stuck with me more and
big idea just stuck with me more and more and more until I embraced it fully
more and more until I embraced it fully
more and more until I embraced it fully and it became the basis of this channel
and it became the basis of this channel
and it became the basis of this channel and my website and all the work that I
and my website and all the work that I
and my website and all the work that I do so I think there’s something there I
do so I think there’s something there I
do so I think there’s something there I feel like I don’t do a good enough job
feel like I don’t do a good enough job
feel like I don’t do a good enough job on it and I wonder if it might be worth
on it and I wonder if it might be worth
on it and I wonder if it might be worth an experiment for a week to not write
an experiment for a week to not write
an experiment for a week to not write anything down I just trusted the big
anything down I just trusted the big
anything down I just trusted the big ideas will stay there that’s an
ideas will stay there that’s an
ideas will stay there that’s an interesting one I’m gonna think on that
interesting one I’m gonna think on that
interesting one I’m gonna think on that I’m not gonna write it down I’m gonna
I’m not gonna write it down I’m gonna
I’m not gonna write it down I’m gonna think on that you know what I’ll see if
think on that you know what I’ll see if
think on that you know what I’ll see if it sticks
it sticks
it sticks see if I stick so I kind of come back
see if I stick so I kind of come back
see if I stick so I kind of come back from Orlando that idea is still in my
from Orlando that idea is still in my
from Orlando that idea is still in my head did not do it I like it so the
head did not do it I like it so the
head did not do it I like it so the question today today is do you write
question today today is do you write
question today today is do you write everything down or you trust that the
everything down or you trust that the
everything down or you trust that the big ideas we’ll just stick leaving the
big ideas we’ll just stick leaving the
big ideas we’ll just stick leaving the comments below I’m gonna join in the
comments below I’m gonna join in the
comments below I’m gonna join in the discussion thank you guys so much for
discussion thank you guys so much for
discussion thank you guys so much for watching have an amazing day continue to
watching have an amazing day continue to
watching have an amazing day continue to believe and I’ll see again tomorrow
believe and I’ll see again tomorrow
believe and I’ll see again tomorrow morning for another shot of espresso
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