Originality is Overrated

Most people think originality means being first. It doesn't. It never did. In this episode, we trace the moonwalk back a hundred years before Michael Jackson, unpack how Apple built one of the most iconic slogans in history on top of IBM's, and dismantle the myth that the most celebrated creative minds in history were conjuring ideas from nothing. They weren't. They were just the best at knowing what to do with what already existed. We get into Raymond Loewy's MAYA principle. The design philosophy that explains why the most successful ideas in history were never the most radical ones. We talk about what it actually costs you to chase originality — the paralysis, the arrogance, and the quiet tax it puts on your growth. And we make the case that being first is one of the most expensive positions you can occupy, because the first person through the door is usually the one who bleeds so everyone else can enter safely. This episode is not about giving you permission to copy. It is about helping you see that the remix has always been the move. That your influences are not your weakness. That the goal was never to create something no one has ever seen — it was to take what exists and run it through something no one else has. Which is you. Follow Train of Thought: Instagram:   / hertz_fauzan   Tiktok:   / hertz.fauzan