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I work on a lot of creative projects. But most of them don't feel very creative. They feel daunting. There's so much to do and so little time. When dealing with creative work (especially when it involves art), I've observed…
There are two types of competitive spirits: the world against you, and you against the world. 1) The World Against You. This is more of a combative spirit than anything. It's the way of defensive people who justify their lack…
I spoke with a friend on the phone last night, and we both realized that neither of us gravitates towards people our own age very much. We're both in our late twenties and admitted that we prefer to hang out…
Last week, I wrote about doing something. Some of my most seemingly-inspired stuff comes out of a place of frustration and discontent with the status quo. That's probably why I gravitate towards the writing of Steven Pressfield, author of The…
Someone wrote me an email yesterday, lamenting how "hard it is to create inspiration." That rubbed me the wrong way. I thought of The War of Art and what Steven Pressfield might say. I believe he'd say that you can't…
There's lots of talk on the web (especially in the blogosphere) about dreams and aspirations, about ideation and the limitless possibilities of the future. Young people are especially guilty of this — for thinking thoughts and envisioning visions that don't…
In the United States today, we celebrate a holiday called Memorial Day, in which we remember those who died while in military service. I admit that the day feels a little irrelevant to me. I feel like a jerk for…
A lot of great people do work for which they're under-appreciated or even completely un-appreciated. You may be one of them. There are countless people like this in ministry. It comes with the territory of doing any kind of work…
"I struggle with forward motion. We all struggle with forward motion." -Relient K Yesterday, I wrote about mobilization. Let's unpack that word for a second. Mobilization. As in mobilize. As in making movement. In any of life's pursuits, moving forward…
Thanks to Mark Oestreicher for sharing this video of a TED talk by Elizabeth Gilbert about creativity. I think that this defines the painful struggle that most creatives (including myself) go through. Moreover, I think that it raises an interesting…
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