I don’t think I’m alone in my fascination about the daily routines of creatives. Which is why I love this video by Steven Johnson on where good ideas come from.
Everybody who does creative work has figured out how to deal with their own demons to get their work done. There is no evidence that setting up your easel like Van Gogh makes you paint better. Tactics are idiosyncratic. But strategies are universal, and there are a lot of talented folks who are not succeeding the way they want to because their strategies are broken.
The strategy is simple, I think. The strategy is to have a practice, and what it means to have a practice is to regularly and reliably do the work in a habitual way.
There are many ways you can signify to yourself that you are doing your practice. For example, some people wear a white lab coat or a particular pair of glasses, or always work in a specific place — in doing these things, they are professionalizing their art. – Seth Godin
I Love That Video! It’s fascinating how things grow and progress globally as well as simply in our own minds and world. Persistence pays off for sure!
Great video Rachael. Really sets out the thought process for ideas well.
I love the thought that you can have half an idea and borrow a hunch or half idea from someone else to complete it – that’s real networking in action!
Thanks for sharing the video.