04
Exploration stage
Break the idea
Loosen your grip on the idea.
The hook
"Don't protect an idea just because you have spent time making it."
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Take your idea and deliberately challenge it.
Try one:
remove something · change a rule · push it too far · test a weak point · use it differently
Then ask:
What breaks? What does that reveal?
Make a quick new version.
WHY IT HELPS
Once you spend time developing an idea, it becomes harder to question it.
Breaking the idea helps you find weaknesses before you spend even more time polishing them.
What breaks can show you what needs to change — or reveal a completely new direction.