{"id":2657,"date":"2013-02-27T06:35:55","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T11:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2013-02-27T06:35:57","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T11:35:57","slug":"imagine-create-execute-deliver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2013\/02\/27\/imagine-create-execute-deliver","title":{"rendered":"IMAGINE. CREATE. EXECUTE. DELIVER."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/8427115050\/\" title=\"Jaehyo Lee, South Korean artist gone global with a play on textures &amp; shapes by byte, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8185\/8427115050_d01d86366c_n.jpg?resize=320%2C320\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" alt=\"Jaehyo Lee, South Korean artist gone global with a play on textures &amp; shapes\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a>Does having a critical mind require you to be a critic? Does being a critic long enough make you a cynic?<\/p>\n<p>These are thoughts that have crossed my mind in recent times. As I&#8217;ve grown older, I realise that I&#8217;ve been overly idealistic in the past.<\/p>\n<p>These days, I&#8217;m motivated to see the positive in things. Punditry overall is boring as it doesn&#8217;t create.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m motivated by Scooter Braun&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SBProjects\/info\">motto<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>IMAGINE. CREATE. EXECUTE. DELIVER.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I think I&#8217;ll spend some free time going back and only looking at the positive side of things.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20IMAGINE.%20CREATE.%20EXECUTE.%20DELIVER.&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2013%2F02%2F27%2Fimagine-create-execute-deliver&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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