by dustin | Jun 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
As a beginner, it is a fine idea to copy from someone else.Try a Bob Ross tutorial.Follow a recipe.Play a cover song. Eventually, as you grow and learn, you can reinterpret. Modify the landscape.Try new ingredients.Add your own riff. Eventually, you’re creating...
by dustin | Jun 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Creativity doesn’t thrive in chaos. It’s OK to have a messy desk or a menagerie of post-its. But some structure will help you focus on what is important. Your creativity will suffer if you’re distracted wondering if you paid the bills or forgot a deadline. Doing...
by dustin | Jun 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
In mathematics, an asymptote is a fixed line a curve approaches but never touches. This is how many of us pursue our dreams. We want to write a book or a screenplay. We have a great idea for a business or a product. We want to try a new career. We work on a...
by dustin | Jun 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
What if our view of potential is all wrong? What if it’s not about arriving at our potential, but it’s about our potential pulling us? Once we reach it, we realize there is more we can do, which creates a new potential. It’s like reaching a mountaintop only to...
by dustin | Jun 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Individual habits (like running) are great. This is where change starts. If we want to create a change that spreads, we have to address culture. “Culture” seems like a big, shapeless word sometimes. In reality, culture is a group’s habits. Group behavior over...
by dustin | Jun 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Don’t worry about telling people they’re wrong about you. Prove it instead. Be stubborn in your creativity. Not expecting affirmation to come quickly. Use that determination to fuel a slow burn, until you become too hot to ignore.
