TLDR:
- Like how Jimmy Soni describes “The Founders” book he wrote: six years ago, there was no such thing, and there’s something about the act of creation that cannot be put into words. The same can be said for anything you create.
- The copycat phenomena could follow for certain things, but as long as you’re the original, why bat an eye? Pat yourself on the back for the chain reaction you’ve caused.
- There’s nothing wrong in drawing inspiration for creating something. As David Perell says, it’s impossible to be 100% original. It’s a pervasive plague as he puts it. If you’re driven by the desire of taking the direction you’ve envisioned from the inspiration drawn, you will create something that can’t be put into words like Soni would say.
- What you envision would be derived from your collection of experiences, and how you interpret it. Individuality teaches us that we’re all unique, so even if there happens to be a great deal of overlap in the experiences of a person you come across, certainly, how you interpret it would be vastly different as a result of heuristics such as representativeness and availability.
- Following completion of the act of creation, your mind will tell you if it was worth it by how you feel afterwards. The feeling of a great sense of satisfaction and indulging in creative fulfillment to satiate your soul is second to none. Try it out for yourself today.
Dissecting the dopamine rush of your creation
Be it anything very minuscule in the grand scheme of things anyway or something that could lead to bigger things in your life, that feeling of bringing your creation to life is second to none.
It’s like how Jimmy Soni describes “The Founders” book he wrote: six years ago, there was no such thing, and there’s something about the act of creation that cannot be put into words.
The same principle applies to anything you create.
Sure, the copycat phenomena could follow for certain things, but it’s inapplicable to you as long as you’re the original. If anything, every copycat resulting from the ripple effect should earn you a pat in the back, for you’ve just created something that people wish they were the first ones to do, and are now trying to make up for it.
There’s also the fear of not being original as a result of drawing inspiration from something that really pulled your heartstrings, but as David Perell says, it’s impossible to be 100% original. It’s a pervasive plague as he puts it.
As long as you don’t have the intention of copying word-for-word and aren’t driven by the desire of people pleasing the public by creating what is highly likely to sell like hotcakes, but are instead driven by the desire of taking the direction you envision from the inspiration you’ve drawn, it will truly be your creation, for as Soni would say, there was no such thing before this came to life.
The act of drawing inspiration should in no way, shape, or form be shunned. The more driven you are, how you’ve envisioned it would end up being all the more organic, as a result of pouring your assimilation of experiences throughout your life that have led you to this point, and how you interpret it, as individuality teaches us, every human being is unique.
The collection of your experiences will be vastly different from the person next to you. But even in the event of an off chance that there’s a noticeable overlap, certainly, your interpretation derived from heuristics such as representativeness and availability will be anything but ubiquitous.
Of course, people take great joy in creating something that turns out to be a money-minting machine, but it isn’t truly your creation. The condition can only be met when following completion, you feel a great sense of satisfaction deep within you even if you don’t necessarily want to agree (aka imposter syndrome), indulging in creative fulfillment to satiate your soul, which could very well also turn into something greatly profitable.
But the former alone is worth experiencing the feeling of your own creation. So go ahead, begin creating something today, and experience the sensation for yourself.
You certainly won’t regret it as long as it's coming from the heart.