Winning is often a game of percentages. Practice and hone your skills through unnecessary creation, follow your instincts for opportunity, and don’t be afraid to take shots and miss.
We need strong, thriving relationships in order to produce great work over time. Specifically, we need three types: mirrors, circles, and guides. In this episode, we address each and how they can play a role in our growth.
What you do first thing in the morning often sets the tone for the rest of your day. On today's episode, I'll share the basics of how to establish a morning ritual, and some specific methods for starting each day strong.
Lessons from Bella, our neighborhood cat.
Contrary to popular belief, healthy competition can be a good thing.
Are false assumptions limiting your ability to generate great ideas and do your best work?
Balance is often a result of mindset, which leads to enhanced focus.
Mark McGuinness of Lateral Action shares his thoughts about how creative pros can overcome blocks.
Creative pros are perpetually asking the question "is this enough?" and "am I finished?" This is largely because of the tension between possibilities and pragmatics, and specifically time vs. value. In this podcast we offer up a few strategies for dealing with the perpetual need to produce more value, otherwise known as value creep.
How to keep the pressure to do great work from infiltrating every area of your life.
Overviewing the contents of the new book The Accidental Creative and how creative pros can build practices that increase their capacity to do great work.