{"id":10320,"date":"2025-03-24T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/the-second-time-through-seths-blog\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:20:09","slug":"the-second-time-through-seths-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/the-second-time-through-seths-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"The second time through | Seth&#8217;s Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One way to understand creative work is to think about the time and effort required to do something the first time versus doing it again.<\/p>\n<p>A novel might take five years to write. Retyping it takes a day.<\/p>\n<p>A company could easily expend 10,000 hours of effort before launching a new logo. Drawing the logo takes four minutes. The same is true for business plans, strategies and the layout of the factory floor.<\/p>\n<p>The first time, we\u2019re not only wayfaring, we\u2019re asking, arguing, compromising, re-working, re-starting and exploring.<\/p>\n<p>The second time, we have a map and we\u2019re ready to go.<\/p>\n<p>Successful organizations work to diminish the gap between first time and next time, but it\u2019s always harder the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Creativity is a craft and a skill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">March 24, 2025<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t\/\/ Delaying FB pixel script to load after 4 seconds to not affect on initial page load.\n\t\tsetTimeout( function () {\n\t\t\t!function ( f, b, e, v, n, t, s ) {\n\t\t\t\tif ( f.fbq ) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tn = f.fbq = function () {\n\t\t\t\t\tn.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply( n, arguments ) : n.queue.push( arguments )\n\t\t\t\t};\n\t\t\t\tif ( !f._fbq ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tf._fbq = n;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tn.push = n;\n\t\t\t\tn.loaded = !0;\n\t\t\t\tn.version = '2.0';\n\t\t\t\tn.queue = [];\n\t\t\t\tt = b.createElement( e );\n\t\t\t\tt.async = !0;\n\t\t\t\tt.src = v;\n\t\t\t\ts = b.getElementsByTagName( e )[0];\n\t\t\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore( t, s )\n\t\t\t}( window, document, 'script',\n\t\t\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js' );\n\t\t\tfbq( 'init', '221651354884486' );\n\t\t\tfbq( 'track', 'PageView' );\n\t\t}, 4000 );\n\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One way to understand creative work is to think about the time and effort required to do something the first time versus doing it again. 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