{"id":3154,"date":"2021-11-12T19:12:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T03:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=3154"},"modified":"2021-11-12T19:12:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T03:12:40","slug":"a-pigeonhole-is-a-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/a-pigeonhole-is-a-door\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pigeonhole Is a Door"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" data-attachment-id=\"3156\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/a-pigeonhole-is-a-door\/pexels-lisa-9679700\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-lisa-9679700.jpg?fit=2000%2C1092&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1092\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"pexels-lisa-9679700\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-lisa-9679700.jpg?fit=1024%2C559&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-lisa-9679700.jpg?resize=1024%2C559&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-lisa-9679700.jpg?resize=1024%2C559&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-lisa-9679700.jpg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-lisa-9679700.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We create a vast lavish room of luxury for our audiences. We make wonderful safe place to explore the entertainment we create. This room has it all. It&#8217;s great. So much of ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The issue with getting people into the room is the door. The door is small. Someone feels safe stepping through a door into our our room because it&#8217;s a small step. It&#8217;s a light commitment. If we try to just get them in the room and skip the door, they&#8217;re not going to enjoy being pushed through the wall. If we try to make the whole room the door, the room&#8217;s going to suffer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, we have to make the door something easy. We don&#8217;t have to show our audiences everything in our room. We don&#8217;t have to express the entire place. We need to give them something small and appetizing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A door with a fresh coat of paint and a welcome mat and a functioning door nob seems lame for the wonder we know is beyond. It&#8217;s very hard to be so elegant. It might seem like we won&#8217;t get the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/validation-creation\/\">validation<\/a> we want, or we might loose the interest of the people we want. The opposite is true. If we make a good door, we are performing a generous act. By pigeonholing ourselves, we are giving people an easy portal to the fruits of all our genius and effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The door and room are metaphors. I hope you got that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We create a vast lavish room of luxury for our audiences. We make wonderful safe place to explore the entertainment we create. This room has it all. It&#8217;s great. So much of ourselves. The issue with getting people into the room is the door. The door is small. 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