This week we're talking about criticism, including the trickiest kind: Self-criticism. We'll also look at the buzzing neon sign hanging outside the hotel room of your mind that spells out your own doubts and insecurities, and how to filter it out. Plus: Humility and its plodding cousin experience, spoons, the Dunning-Kruger Effect, sleeping policemen, fixed-rate mortgages, the magical power of putting things in drawers, and the worst heckle ever. (Seriously. The all-time worst.)
It's one of the paradoxes of creative life: the longer you do it, the more tools you acquire, the more it becomes the goal...
This week we're looking at one of the hardest decisions a creator can make: When is it time to admit an idea isn't panning...
People like to say the great ones make it look easy, but what are we really looking at when we see a great creator...
