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#227 – Constraints, Longevity, and Avoiding Competition with John O'Nolan from Ghost

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The Creative Potential of Arguable Constraints

"People mustly underestimate creative potential of arbitrary constraints," he says. "Impose upon yourself an arbitrary constraint and watch how creativity suddenly flows from you in ways that you didn't knowe ssible before" 'I encourage everyone t try out arbitrary constraints, whether it's in your daily schedule or in the way in whic you're going to go about an idea like, i don't know, i can only use one job scrip file, one ph p file' He adds: 'A massive amount of ghost was borne out of me saying, i'm no longer going to try and make a million dollar company.'

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