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Create on a Schedule
The act that will uncover creative genius is by forcing yourself to create regularly and on a schedule, not just create when you feel inspired.
The best thing you can do is to do a huge volume of work. Creative genius becomes visible when you work consistently to get the average ideas out of the way.
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Finding Your Creative Genius Takes Years
Most groundbreaking work takes at least a full decade or more to reveal itself.
For example, one study found that of 500 famous musical pieces, nearly all of them were created after year 10 of the composer's career. Similar patterns were found with poets and painters a...
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Don't Judge Your Work Too Harsh
People who consistently create something will begin to judge their own work.
When you start to overjudge your work, it is natural to feel disappointed that your creation does not live up to your expectations. Practice enough self-compassion not to let self-judgment take over and pr...
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Give Yourself Permission to Create Junk
Successful writers do not write elegant first drafts, nor do they feel wildly enthusiastic and confident.
Creating something useful and compelling means you have to permit yourself to let the inspiration flow. You will write a lot of junk but can then sift through it to find bits and p...
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Finish Something
Stop researching, planning, and preparing. Just do the work.
It doesn't have to be brilliant. You just need to prove to yourself that you can produce something.
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Share Your Work Publicly
It will encourage you to do your best work and will also provide feedback. You will see others connect with what you create, and will be inspired to care even more.
What seems simple to you is often brilliant to another person. You'll miss that if you fail to share.
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How to Be Creative
- Give yourself permission to create junk.
- Create on a schedule. Genius arrives when you show up enough times to get the average ideas out of the way.
- Finish something. Anything. Stop researching, planning, and preparing to do the work and just do the work....
How to find your creative genius
- HOW TO BE CREATIVE:
- Give yourself permission to create junk. It's like being the gold miner - sifting through dirt to find a speck of gold.
- Create on a schedule. Create consistently. Genius arrives when you show up e...
The power in Scheduling
If you’re serious about creating something, stop waiting for motivation and creative inspiration to strike you and simply set a schedule for doing work on a consistent basis.
You can’t selectively choose your best moments and only work on the days when you have great ideas. The only ...
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