# The Idea Guy

Source: https://www.theminimalists.com/idea/
Published: 2013-09-18
Updated: 2024-06-12
Author: The Minimalists

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Almost everyone has a noggin filled with great ideas. That innovative invention. That groundbreaking [book](https://theminimalists.com/bbb). That next big thing.

Unfortunately the vast majority of remarkable ideas will never be realized as real-life creations because many Idea Guys want someone else to do the work for them. What these Ideas Guys don’t realize, though, is that Action is more valuable than the Idea itself.

Great idea or no, one must *act* accordingly. A well-executed mediocre idea is infinitely more beautiful than a magnificent idea not acted upon.

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