There’s a lot to be said for improv, but it’s not a great long-term strategy for actually getting shit done. Eventually, flying by the seat of your pants no longer works (and can, in fact, cause some pretty chaotic aftermath). When that happens, you’ll want to start creating some kind of plans for your projects […]
You know how there’s that saying – “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” (If you didn’t know, well, now you do.) I get it. I get this saying, it’s all about taking tiny steps instead of overwhelming your brain with the big picture all at once. But the problem is that in […]
(Quick side note: I know I’ve been a little AWOL lately, part of that was just…March – SXSW, moving, and travel, all back to back – and part of it has been a few other things that I talk about in this video. Check it out if you’re curious. Back to our regularly scheduled programming!) […]
You know how sometimes, you have an idea, and you want to work on it, but you just…can’t…seem…to? It’s like when you’re trying to crochet, and your yarn is a nasty, tangled mess. The yarn is your raw idea – you can’t start using a ball of yarn that’s all tangled. If you try to create […]
One of those problems-that’s-kinda-good-to-have is the problem of too many ideas. On the one hand, it’s something of a blessing to have all of these ideas zipping around your head like hyperactive kittens with a ball of string. On the other hand, it can also be headache inducing and give you the paralyzing fear of […]
Let’s say you want to grow a plant. You pick a big ol’ tropical plant, bordering on four feet tall…and then you plant it in a pot that’s six inches across, and expect it to grow well there. Sound likely? No, it doesn’t, does it? However, that’s how many people treat new ideas and projects […]
Minimalist productivity advice is all the rage. Kill your goals, for example. While you’re at it, kill your to do list; it’s holding you back, not moving you forward. It’s too hard to manage. It’s destroying your focus. Blah blah blah. You’ve heard it, I’m sure. Most of the crimes that this simple tool is […]
For the first guest post ever at Let’s Radiate, I wanted something awesome. So when Melissa offered to write a guest post for me – you know I said yes! Without further ado, I’ll let her take it away… Here’s a conundrum: I’m an artist in many disciplines, but left to my own devices, sometimes […]
The key to productivity, Schwartz says, is to “recognize the power of renewal, and have a finish line.” He claims that “we’ve lost our finish lines.” via the 99% In other words: we need to be sprinters, not marathon runners. We need a finish line to keep our work life healthy. A finish line gives […]
One of those problems-that’s-kinda-good-to-have is the problem of too many ideas. On the one hand, it’s something of a blessing to have all of these ideas zipping around your head like kittens with a ball of string. On the other hand, it can also be headache inducing and give you the paralyzing fear of not […]