Did you ever watch the movie "Under The Tuscan Sun"? It begins with a speech of an author who has exactly the same problem. Then his teacher tells him to go and take one of his bad ideas and work on it. His speech ends with the sentence "Well, I did", and then he shows his new book that he is holding in his hands.
Here's another very famous example: Did you know that Stephen King threw away the manuscript of his fist published novel "Carrie"? Legend has it that his wife fished it out of the trash can and sent it to a publisher - who bought it. Stephen said in an interview that he still thinks that Carrie is a horrible novel, "but the girl was very good to me, so I won't complain".
Tchaikovsky said about his Capriccio Italien that he was not sure about its artistic value, but that it at least would sound good. He did not like the 1812 Overture and found her "too loud". Despite what he thought about his own creations, they both became his best known works.
Sometimes, you will have would you think is a great idea - only to find out that you are the only one who shares your enthusiasm and that everybody else will tell you that your idea sucks. Do you think an artist like Picasso would have listened to those voices? He would have said "what the heck do you people know about art?"
Sometimes, you will have an idea that everybody else loves, but that you think is inferior. Well, at least that could be one of those things you could make money with.
But if you dump ALL of your ideas without pursuing them long enough, then maybe you just aim too high. Or you need an excuse to never ever start something - it's easier to dream of a project than to actually work on one. Maybe you also just underestimate your ideas. In worst case, you are right and your ideas really suck. But as long as you do not come up with something better, you should keep your wheels in motion and work on what you've got. Ultimately, it's better to have dozens of finished bad ideas than waiting for the one stroke of genius and not doing anything else in the meantime.
Here's another very famous example: Did you know that Stephen King threw away the manuscript of his fist published novel "Carrie"? Legend has it that his wife fished it out of the trash can and sent it to a publisher - who bought it. Stephen said in an interview that he still thinks that Carrie is a horrible novel, "but the girl was very good to me, so I won't complain".
Tchaikovsky said about his Capriccio Italien that he was not sure about its artistic value, but that it at least would sound good. He did not like the 1812 Overture and found her "too loud". Despite what he thought about his own creations, they both became his best known works.
Sometimes, you will have would you think is a great idea - only to find out that you are the only one who shares your enthusiasm and that everybody else will tell you that your idea sucks. Do you think an artist like Picasso would have listened to those voices? He would have said "what the heck do you people know about art?"
Sometimes, you will have an idea that everybody else loves, but that you think is inferior. Well, at least that could be one of those things you could make money with.
But if you dump ALL of your ideas without pursuing them long enough, then maybe you just aim too high. Or you need an excuse to never ever start something - it's easier to dream of a project than to actually work on one. Maybe you also just underestimate your ideas. In worst case, you are right and your ideas really suck. But as long as you do not come up with something better, you should keep your wheels in motion and work on what you've got. Ultimately, it's better to have dozens of finished bad ideas than waiting for the one stroke of genius and not doing anything else in the meantime.