My Notes on “The Myths of Innovation” by Scott Berkun:
Myth #1: The Myth of the Epiphany
- An epiphany only comes when you’ve put in all the hard work. It’s just the final piece in a 1000 piece puzzle
- When inventors are asked how they came up with their idea they say “it just came to me”, and have some interesting story about how the idea formed in their head. They don’t say “after 1000 hours of research the idea became obvious”, because it’s boring. Stories about epiphany’s are interesting and exciting and give us hope that we will have one
- The most useful way to think of epiphany is an occasional bonus of working on tough problems
