Every aspect of the world today - even politics and international relations - is affected by chemistry.
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The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Generating numerous ideas allows you to filter out the less valuable ones and find the good ones.
This quote by Linus Pauling highlights the importance of idea generation in the creative process. It suggests that by allowing yourself to brainstorm freely and produce a large number of ideas, you create the opportunity to critically evaluate and discard those that aren't useful, ultimately leading to the discovery of valuable concepts and solutions.
Themes
IdeasCreativityInnovationBrainstormingEvaluation
In practice
Example use cases
During a brainstorming session, I reminded my team that the way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.
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