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"I don’t want the mere discussion of ideas to give me satisfaction".

I'm struggling to find a reference, but I very much subscribe to the concept I read somewhere that discussing an idea releases a similar dopamine hit to actual execution.

There's room for validation of an idea etc., but (over)imagining what completion looks / feels like prior to execution can rob that drive to execute.

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Similarly can’t find it, but it’s something with when you set a goal if you tell people you have that goal you are less likely to achieve it, rather than if you didn’t tell others about it.

I saw this written and told by various people but never saw it confirmed in real life.

Maybe you're both thinking of this TED talk by Derek Sivers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHopJHSlVo4

I've tried both telling and not telling, and it hasn't made a difference. I've told people and not achieved the goal, told and achieved it, didn't tell and achieved it, and didn't tell and didn't achieve.

> There's room for validation of an idea etc., but (over)imagining what completion looks / feels like prior to execution can rob that drive to execute.

I think pairing sharing an idea with an action can help because you've already gotten the ball rolling. It's what I did with my magazine: wrote on my blog and also sent emails to the experts I wanted to interview.

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