'When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Ideas often change when shared with others and viewed from the outside.
- In plain terms
- Things look different when you share your thoughts.
- What can you take from it?
- Sharing ideas helps clarify or change them.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you test ideas?
- Who do you share with?
Another view
Not all ideas improve when scrutinized by others.
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