When we asked our followers @the99percent to share the best advice they’d ever received on making ideas happen, the response to #99advice was overwhelming. Below, find 25 snippets of collective wisdom on taking action, overcoming failure, embracing the unknown, and more."Start where you are with what you have." - @aCeramicArtist

 

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"Nobody can tell you what's best for you. Only you know." - @swissmiss

"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill via @alemsah

"Draw first, think later." - @studio106dion

"Stop. Every now and then, just stop—take a walk if you need to—the ideas will come when you stop thinking about it." - @michaelcalleia


"Share your idea; involve others; celebrate often." - @StuGoulden


"Your story will probably end up looking nothing like you thought it would. Embrace it." - @DisneyPixar via @Ketsi_alita_n


"Write your idea down and you've already begun." - @HollyJaded


"More time [to decide] without more information just creates anxiety, not insight." - Seth Godin via @innoventionguy


"Fail fast. It takes many failed ideas to find a winner. Don't become attached to an idea if it is not working." - @jamesjay


"There is no 'good' or 'bad', there is only 'make.'" - @classen_chris


"Turn off Twitter." - @jeremymeyers


"Stop pretending you don't have what it takes. Start from where you stand, not from where you've stood." - @Fr33c455


"Don't sit and stare at an empty page. Just write. Whatever comes to mind. Write anything, and fix it later." - @markwmoloney


"Set small, achievable steps towards measurable, concrete goals." - @bronwynmcbride


"Do what you do, then surround yourself with people who can do what you can't." - @jasonltilley


"Ideas and thinking happen on an armchair, but doing happens on your feet." - @dodiyeah


"Perfect is the enemy of done." - @julierainey


"The power of accountability comes from your community... accountability to your own idea is greatly amplified when you go public." - @kylelafontaine


"Don't expect your idea to stay the same. Let it evolve, that's how you make it better." - @JaneAndPhilbert


"All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare." - Baruch Spinoza via @Matt_Cartagena


"Learning to accept and embrace uncertainty is the key to creative pursuits." - @jamiesonetc


"Start with the simplest form of the idea. Make that function perfectly, then build from there." - @SilasGodfrey


"Under-promise and over-deliver. Every time." - @imaccami


"Everyone has ideas. It's the few that act on them that are worth listening to." - @bobonawave

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Over To You

What's the best advice on making ideas happen that you've ever received?