359 - The 3 Crucial Elements of a Potential Unlocking Creative Process

Creative Pep Talk

Education, Business, Arts, Design

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever fallen out of love with your creative practice? Maybe you got stuck and couldn’t reach your goals. Maybe you reached your goals and they weren’t as fulfilling as you thought they’d be? Maybe the creative process itself has become too fraught with expectation and pressure that you can’t even face the proverbial blank page? In this episode we dive into essential ideas for unlocking meaningful and enjoyable work, and ultimately, get better results from this flow. Key ideas from the episode: - What philosopher Keiran Setiya calls “atelic” activity and why it matters to creative work - The lie about creative potential that I had to learn the hard way

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0:00.0	On the creative journey, it's easy to get lost, but don't worry, you'll lift up.
0:11.0	Sometimes you just need a creative pep-sa.
0:15.0	Hey, you're listed to the Creative Pep Talk podcast.
0:25.0	I'm your host, Andy J.
0:27.0	Pep-sa! Have you ever fallen out of love with your creative practice?
0:34.0	Maybe that's where you're at right now.
0:36.0	You can't reach your goal and you're just not having fun anymore.
0:41.0	Or maybe better or maybe probably worse.
0:45.0	You reached your goal, you got your goal, you got to the top of that mountain.
0:49.0	You're like, this was all meaningless.
0:52.0	You're like, it's not fun anymore.
0:54.0	Like, why did I do this?
0:56.0	Today, this is the series finale of the Creative Zero to Hero series we've been doing.
1:03.0	And I want to pose the question, why is our practice devoid of fun and meaning these days?
1:11.0	What is happening?
1:12.0	Let's jump into that if that is you.
1:15.0	And if it's not you, stick around, you never know.
1:18.0	Maybe I'll convince you that it's not fun and meaningful.
1:21.0	That sounds exciting.
1:24.0	No, we're gonna be good.
1:26.0	Stick around, let's go.
1:28.0	Massive shout out to our sponsor, Shillington.
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