Ep #52: Debunking the Myths of Mastery

When it comes to mastering a discipline, there are a lot of misconceptions floating around. The one I find the least helpful is the “Rule” that you have to spend 10,000 hours intentionally practicing something to achieve mastery in it. Now, I’m not here to bash the...

Ep #51: Quantity Over Quality

One thing I see – and I have experienced in my past – is the belief that, when we start something new that we want to improve at, the way to do it is to focus solely on the quality of our output. Well, I would like to pose that really, what we should be doing is...

Ep #50: Vertical vs. Horizontal Revision

“Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy. Only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.” ~ Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark We’ve been talking about...

Ep #49: Embracing Your Self-Organizing Intelligence

“The force that through the green fuse drives the flower drives my green age, that blast the roots of trees is my destroyer, and I am dumb to tell the crooked rose my youth is bent by the same wintery fever.” ~ Dylan Thomas, “The Force That Through the Green...

Ep #48: Letting Your Creativity Flow Without Judgment

In the not-too-distant past, I was having the most inspiring conversation with a beautiful soul and powerfully creative woman. You’ve heard me talk about her before. She is honestly one of my guardian angels and I’m so glad I have her in my life to answer the tough...