It’s entirely possible to believe that your ideas come from the muse and your job is simply to amplify them. And that successful people are lucky because the muse keeps giving them useful and powerful ideas. I’m not sure that’s what successful people do. All of us get an endless supply of ideas, notions, and inklings. Successful people, often without realizing it, ignore the ones that are less likely to “work,” and instead focus on the projects that are more likely to advance the mission. Sometimes we call this good taste.
