Fast Followers: A Balance Between Originality & Influence/Inspiration.

DeepSheet Case Study. If You Start From Scratch, You Will Never Ever Catch Up! It’s Okay To Copy From Others For Proficiency’s Sake. For The Sake of Proficiency.

It Is A Better Starting Point/Place To Build And Develop Upon. Or, Would You Rather Be Slow Starters.

Pure Originality Maybe 80% Influences/Inspirations and 20% Original/Organic. Grow Your Own. Throw In Your Own Speculated Percentages.

At Times, We Get Inspirations And Influences From Others. Their Works, Concepts, and Ideas. While Putting In Contributing In Our Own Unique Perspectives, Interpretations, Philosophies, Principles, Twists, Spins, Styles, and Experiences. Said Famously, ‘Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants/Masters’. Lastly, Crediting The Sources.

“If You [Take] From One Author It’s Plagiarism. If You [Take/Process/Synthesize] From Many It’s Research.” ~ Wilson Mizner.

Ref: Google Phrase: Balance Between Originality and Imitation

Ref: https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/originality-myth-and-the-value-of-imitation-for-entrepreneurs-b21df5b7e5cb