Ep 19. Dissolve your creative doubts
When I reflected on the bad blogs, bad english, bad art I have created in the past I had an EPIPHANY: even though shame is one of the most painful emotions a human may feel, I would take it over the pain of hoarding ideas, not creating, not writing and not sharing. What a revelation. It helped me to stop wasting energy on the past and focus on what I am doing now.
Continue readingDo your high expectations serve you or stop you?
Having too high expectations of yourself may be a guaranteed way to get nothing done. We think it is praiseworthy to have high expectations of ourselves. I believed it too but… it was one big lie. If you look closely, you may also see: too high expectations are a way to let yourself down.
Continue readingYou may have a limiting belief and not know about it. (Two artists’ beliefs)
Sometimes we may have a belief and not realize that this is a limiting belief. We think this is how the world works. I need to tell you about the experience I had. This story shows how sometimes we may have a belief and not realize that this is a limiting belief. And we […]
Continue readingThe one thing that will create momentum. Guaranteed!
No magic here. Or rather: schedule is magic! Schedule creates momentum because…. Following your schedule you avoid decision fatigue. Inspiration alone is not enough when you show up to the task daily – inspiration starts showing up too As a procrastinator – when you put a small doable task on your schedule – even you […]
Continue readingWhen you procrastinate due to confusion and overwhelm
It’s not uncommon for us to procrastinate because we are confused. But it’s one thing to be confused because you learn something new, get the clarity and move on it’s entirely different thing to get stuck and indulge in confusion, In this article I cover three things: how to tell if you are stuck […]
Continue readingWant to Be More Motivated? [External vs Internal Motivation]
Would you love to have this inner drive and motivation that seems so natural for certain people? Sometimes people tell me, I want to feel more motivated, I need someone to kick my ass! Why do we love for others to motivate us? Think about the last time it happened to you. Maybe you listened […]
Continue readingProcrastinator’s drama and the secret to getting it done [video]
Do you often find your self in the kitchen, foraging, especially when you have something important to do? I do. These days I know exactly what I’m doing, so I open the fridge, ask myself why am I here, and, since there is no good answer – I go back to my desk. But yesterday […]
Continue readingWhy you never finish a project? (or a diet)
Do you have a habit of starting and not finishing? A creative project? Or a weight loss plan? If yes, read on below (exact transcript from the video) because this blog may give you a hint of how to break the cycle of always starting and never finishing. In you creative process, whenever you […]
Continue readingIf you’ve lost FOCUS, remember: your attention is “the currency”
If our attention is the currency in the marketplace, then what we need to master is our FOCUS. To focus on OUR agenda, OUR ideas, OUR creativity, OUR intuition, and most importantly what we do with OUR time. Or… we will waste it. If our attention is the currency, then to turn it around means: […]
Continue readingThe Best Advice [for productivity and confidence]
Few years ago one of the best advices on work, I was ever offered, was Do it whether you feel like it or not. Gasp! Do it whether I feel like it or not? (regarding the work where I am self employed) Should’t I feel like it? Shouldn’t all be easy and just flow? Naturally, […]
Continue readingFrom Scattered Mind To Laser Focus.
The omnipresent problem with distraction and procrastination, calls us to work directly and deliberately on creating more focus in life. This is a skill. Focus is neither a gift from gods who forgot about you, or a button you lost on a Sunday walk, never to be found. When last week I got off the […]
Continue readingWhen you don’t create (but you want to)
“If the creative energy is not expressed – it turns into a destructive force.” If you feel that creativity is your PURPOSE, and you have been feeling the destructive effect of ignoring your gifts, you can start today. You do not have to wait for years to enjoy playing with art. It does not need to be serious and it’s better if it is not. The best things are created when you engage with lightness and play. It’s a way to live an authentic life for you.
Continue reading[3] Your Creative Environment. SPACE: Grace, Silence, Geography.
Did you read the previous posts about organizing your creative environment? Here is the one about Time and the other one, about the Mind. This one talks about The Physical SPACE. Space in your mind. Your Geography. 1. Physical Space You could be fine in the middle of a beehive. But for most creatives it is […]
Continue reading[2] Your Creative Environment. MIND. Unlimited and Underestimated.
This is the 2nd part of preparing your creative environment. Our mind (and mindset) is a part of our creative environment. Maybe the most important one. You can read the first part, on Time, here. And the third about SPACE here. Our mind will often prevent us from making progress, creating and accomplishing our plans. […]
Continue reading[1] Your Creative Environment. TIME: Guard it, and if you have to, steal it.
“You have a song in your heart to be sung, and you have a dance to be danced, but the dance is invisible, and the song – you have not heard it yet. It is deep down hidden in the innermost core of your being; it has to be brought to surface, it has to […]
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