No one is above needing encouragement.
And no one is above getting hurt by criticism.
An encouraging word is always available to give. We might never know if it was needed but it can’t hurt.
»» It’s worth considering how often we’re ready to criticize and yet how rarely we’re asked for our critique.
It weeds out a lot of people.
Most of the Olympic events aren’t popular except during the Olympics. A short window for glory after years of thankless, fameless, lonely work. It’s not for everyone. It’s not for most people.
Most people are seeking a type of glory that is much more readily available.
Insert the social media game…the allure that you won’t have to wait, that all the glory is just around the corner.
Pick your game carefully. Pick one that you’ll be glad you played even if you don’t get all the glory you hoped for.
Right before you go on stage? Or is it already all set?
I’m not sure you can get more skilled during the few minutes before you go on stage but you can change your focus, which can make you more effective. Especially if you shift your focus to something you’ve had practice shifting your focus to.
Serving. Connection. Excellence. Joy. If you can take a few moments to reorient yourself towards something better, it will be better.
For the end.
This was my problem running cross country in high school…I had a really great last quarter mile. Too good. I obviously had way too much left in the tank that should have been used during the race.
But I liked being able to go fast at the end…even though that wasn’t the point.
Some people like the thrill of the chaos at the end of a project (and learn to steer the project into that chaos). Gotta go fast. Gotta stay up all night. More coffee. We’ve only got little more time.
But if you’re able to burn that hot at the end you could probably spread it out over the course of the project and finish in a better place.
When you buy an advance ticket to a show there are a lot of follow up emails before the actual show.
Where to park, vip parking, the weather forecast, gate information, other similar shows, route suggestions, exclusive merch opportunities.
But in all those emails, and there are oh so many, they never remind you how much you paid for the tickets :)
Too much time is spent trying to figure out creativity. All the blogs and books and making-of documentaries...we're looking for a secret.
Efficiency, commerce, status, templates, clicks…these things get intertwined with creativity and have lead many to believe creativity is a code to be cracked. When it is really these other things most people are trying to figure out. Creativity is just the label we throw on top.
Creativity is not figured out, it is carried out.