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The birth The time it takes The ongoing life of a great idea
of an idea: to execute an idea: (definitely indefinite):
In the grand Again, in the grand This is a whole different story. There's the
scheme of scheme of things, original idea in its fundamental form. Then
things, that it doesn't take a there's the various permutations of the
magical flash great deal of time original idea during its early phases, often
of brilliance to execute an idea, just minor modifications of the core idea.
doesn't take either. At least not And then there are the subsequent
long. What? that long compared generations of the idea that might look and
A second? to the ongoing life feel quite different from the granddaddy,
Maybe two? of an idea. but would not be in existence without it.
Timeline of a great idea