How To Dance With Uncertainty
Three strategies for dealing with the fear of the unknown.
How To Dance With Uncertainty
Articles about creative work
What To Do When You Fail
What To Do When You Fail
Everyone loves to win. The accolades, attention, and rewards are addictive. However, if you’re trying to do the work you’re capable of doing, you’ll eventually fail. If you’re leading a team of capable, driven people who are stretching themselves creatively, you’re probably going to fail often to hit your mark. You will eventually fail.
On this episode, we share four important questions to ask in the moment of failure to help you move forward and grow as a creative pro and a leader.
Running Down A Dream (with Tim Grahl)
Running Down A Dream (with Tim Grahl)
There are a number of creative battles that must be won in order to get from where you are to where you want to be. Unfortunately, many creative pros are "taken out" of the game because they aren't prepared for what's inevitably going to come there way. Tim Grahl has been in the trenches for years, and on today's episode we discuss some of the common pitfalls creative pros face in building something great with insights from his new book Running Down A Dream.
Don’t Fall Prey To The Tyranny Of The Adequate
Don’t Fall Prey To The Tyranny Of The Adequate
What’s the greatest barrier to brilliant work? Is it fear? Lack of time or resources? Confusion? All of these contribute to one degree or another. I’ve written a ton about each of them, (including a full chapter in The Accidental Creative.) However, there’s one word that I think better stands as the bastion of mediocrity in many workplaces: adequacy. On this episode we discuss a few causes of the normalization of adequacy in the workplace and how to counter them.
Getting To The Best Idea (with David Moldawer)
Getting To The Best Idea (with David Moldawer)
Ideas are often plentiful, but great, concise, well-presented ideas are rare. Sometimes you need another person to help you shape your work into something that can achieve maximum impact. David Moldawer is just such a person. He's an editor, and a writer, and he helps authors simplify and communicate their very complex work in a way that it can be received. On this episode, we talk about how to find your voice as an artist, a common fallacy that prevents us from success, and how to best position yourself for creative success.