Constraints Made Google and Mick Jagger Great–and They’ll Make You a Better Entrepreneur

Here is another piece that glorifies constraints – this time in an entrepreneurial rather than creative context. In doing so it arguably provides a clue as to what lies behind this S&M like lust for handcuffs. Read closely and you may see that it comes down to ego and the illusion of being special. In other words is the argument, not so much that constraints are good, but that constraints differentiate the average from the superior? So if you are truly great you will overcome constraints whether in business or art. All very confirmatory of existing elites and a patronizing pat on the head to aspiring plebeians.

In this context is it not clear that in fact what constraints test is resilience? And resilience has without doubt been shown to be a primary source of ultimate success in many areas. But resilience and creativity are two very different attributes.

Read and decide for yourself : Constraints Made Google and Mick Jagger Great–and They’ll Make You a Better Entrepreneur.

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