Sometimes it can feel impossible to get on a creative hot streak. If only there was a way to trick ourselves into one! “…these results suggest that neither exploration nor exploitation alone is associatedwith the hot streak dynamics; rather, it is the shift from exploration to exploitation thatclosely traces the onset of a hot streak….[E]xploration…increases…
creative confidence
Permission To Be A Beginner
We all need permission to be a beginner. “It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time. Give yourselfpermission to be a beginner. By being willing to be a bad artist,you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time,a very good one.” ~ Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way I began Nicholas…
What to Do When We Are Stuck
When we are stuck, it’s easy to become consumed with getting unstuck. But maybe that’s not the right way to go about getting unstuck. “If we stay where we are, where we’re stuck, where we’re comfortable and safe, we die there….When nothing new can get in, that’s death. When oxygen can’t find a way in,you…
The Tyranny of Perfectionism
If you’re feeling stuck in your work, it could be the tyranny of perfectionism. “Nothing can be beautiful that does not take a calculated risk with ugliness.” ~ Alain de Botton “I can’t do it,” my client, Carrie said. “I mean I literally cannot even get started. The woman who routinely cranks out all kinds of…
The Anxiety of Change
Transformation can lead to the anxiety of change, even if the changes are inherently good. “Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.Nothing is that important.” ~ Natalie Goldberg My client, Trey, and I took advantage of a bright, unseasonably cool, summer day recently and decided to have our coaching session on foot….
The Map of Us
Everything we are is already in us, making up the map of us. “I think I will be able to, in the end, rise above the clouds and climb the stairs to Heaven,and I will look down on my beautiful life.” ~Yayoi Kusama A major exhibition of Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama, is on view at the NY Botanical…
