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Creative Blocks

Periods of reduced or stalled creativity, in which individuals experience difficulty generating new ideas or producing creative work.
How to Hack Fear and Anxiety
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

How to Hack Fear and Anxiety

A peak performance hack used by elite athletes and armed forces to perform at their best under pressure
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Hunting The Snark: The Creative Purpose Trap
Monday, June 14, 2021

Hunting The Snark: The Creative Purpose Trap

The more we search for our creative purpose the further away we are from it
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A brief but necessary guide to living a remarkable life as a creative genius
Monday, June 14, 2021

A brief but necessary guide to living a remarkable life as a creative genius

A mental model to avoid living a life of creative mediocrity
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How to hack your anxiety and control freak-ery
Thursday, June 10, 2021

How to hack your anxiety and control freak-ery

How Roman Emperors and ancient greek philosophers dealt with anxiety
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A Creative Hack for Creative Success: Lag vs Lead Metrics
Thursday, June 10, 2021

A Creative Hack for Creative Success: Lag vs Lead Metrics

How to build a framework that gives you the best chance of success
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When hiding your flaws backfires
Thursday, June 10, 2021

When hiding your flaws backfires

Why you shouldn't fart on a plane and try and hide the smell
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Why your Imposter Syndrome is a Good Thing
Thursday, June 3, 2021

Why your Imposter Syndrome is a Good Thing

A counterintuitive look at embracing and channeling imposter syndrome
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Inversion thinking principle: the power of avoiding f*ck ups
Thursday, June 3, 2021

Inversion thinking principle: the power of avoiding f*ck ups

How artists and creators can increase their creative impact
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Good Artists Borrow. Great Artists Steal
Thursday, June 3, 2021

Good Artists Borrow. Great Artists Steal

How to use mental models to build on someone else’s idea to create something new
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Is the attention economy killing creativity?
Monday, May 31, 2021

Is the attention economy killing creativity?

Is attention a more valuable commodity than talent?
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How to Hack into your Creative Confidence
Thursday, May 27, 2021

How to Hack into your Creative Confidence

Thousands of Olympians and World # 1 athletes can't be wrong, right?
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How to produce your best creative work without even trying
Thursday, May 27, 2021

How to produce your best creative work without even trying

The art of effortless and egoless creativity
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Confessions of a Type A Workaholic
Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Confessions of a Type A Workaholic

How my 4-year-old daughter cured my lifelong workaholism with one sentence
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The Goldilocks Principle for Creating Good Work Consistently
Monday, May 24, 2021

The Goldilocks Principle for Creating Good Work Consistently

How to manage stress to perform at your best
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