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The Idea Cooling-Off Period
Ryan's filter for which ideas actually deserve execution.
How it works
- 1Colorado makes you wait 48 hours to pick up a pistol; ideas deserve the same respect.
- 2Capture everything, act on almost nothing immediately.
- 3If you still want it after the wait, it earned execution.
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