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Watch: "How to Be More Creative"
🕑 Added 2022-06-30 12:01:03 +0000 UTCPatreon Exclusive. The Minimalists speak with writer Jeff Goins about developing our creativity, and they answer the following questions:
How do we make room in our life for meaningful pursuits? (01:55)
How do I determine which creative pursuit is appropriate for me? (05:57)
Can creatives be stubborn simultaneously on vision and details? (10:06)
How do we give our creative pursuits their due focus while still holding a job to pay the bills? (14:00)
Do hours invested correlate with projects produced? (17:04)
Is it wrong for artists to obsess over a creation for a prolonged period of time? (22:58)
How do I quell my perfectionism to free my creativity? (27:25)
Is perfectionism truly an unattainable ideal? (31:48)
How do we know when a creative project is complete? (39:48)
How do I fit creativity into a busy schedule? (41:58)
How do I become creative if I’m not naturally creative? (53:03)
How do you define “creativity”? (1:03:41)
How do full-time creatives manage the dearth of traditional job benefits? (1:05:12)
How do I prioritize a specific creative pursuit of my many? (1:18:48)
LINKS
Book: 15 Ways to Write Better
Book: Lumina
Book: On Writing
Book: Real Artists Don’t Starve
Book: The Body Artist
Book: The Memoir Project
Book: The Talent Code
Contribute: Bridging the Financial Literacy Gap
Course: How to Write Better
Essay: Downsize Your Life, Live Your Dream
Event: Sunday Symposium
Instagram: Mallory French
Instagram: Shawn Mihalik
Instagram: Jordan Moore
Instagram: Podcast Shawn
Instagram: Jessica Williams
Instagram: Danny Unknwn
Podcast: Malcolm Gladwell
Resources: The Minimalists
Review: The Minimalists Podcast
Subscribe: The Minimalists
Text: 937-202-4654
Tour: The Minimalists
Website: Jeff Goins
MAXIMS
“All artists have a secret weapon: stubbornness.” —Jeff Goins
“All art is a conversation with culture.” —Jeff Goins
“Perfectionism is not wanting things to be perfect—perfectionism is having an impossible standard that will always make you miserable doing your work.” —Jeff Goins
“We must let go to move forward.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“Happiness comes from the pursuit of greatness.” —Jeff Goins
“Before you can create great art, you must first create yourself.” —Jeff Goins
“Your competition is your contemporaries that share your standards.” —Jeff Goins
“Needing a thing reduces one’s ability to enjoy that thing.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“The artist’s priority is art.” —Ryan Nicodemus
“Don’t promote—practice in public.” —Jeff Goins
“Thinking about creating is creative.” —Jeff Goins
“When you put something of value into the world, people will compensate you for it.” —Ryan Nicodemus
This Maximal episode corresponds with Minimal episode 346.
Comments
Ali Wade
I cried with laughter, wrote lots of notes and actually watched all the way through, without thinking about other ways to spend my time. Thanks for sharing your creativity
Emma
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Emily Potter
I picked up Jeff's book after watching the Minimal podcast and read it in one night. What an inspiring guest. I'm definitely now following all of his work. Thank you, this was exactly what I needed.
