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The Fizzle Show

Episode 264: Finding the Balance Between Being Creative and Getting Sh*t Done (FS264)

The Fizzle Show

fizzle.co

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers, Freelancing, Marketing, Small Business

4.8648 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Shownotes: http://fizzleshow.co/264

Do you lean more to the artistic or organizational side? Are you struggling to organize your creative ideas? Is it difficult for you to make time for ideas amongst all the organization and admin that you do?

As entrepreneurs, there is a constant balancing act that takes place between these two poles. On one hand you have the inspiration, ideas and free energy of your business, and on the other hand, the structure, organization and management.

Without a good mix of these it is difficult to imagine a successful business.

In this episode, we talk about just that - how to give enough energy and time to both areas. More importantly, how to do this according to your needs and personality!

During the discussion we even help you reclaim the true meaning of ‘creativity’ so as to encompass both worlds and emphasize their dual-role in creation and production.

So come with us on this journey as we help you down the ski-slope of your business. With both feet firmly in a place and your mind as the director of each ski we are certain you can ensure a smooth ride! Tune in to hear it all!

Key Points From This Episode:

The war between chaos and order. [0:06:10.2]
Making sure the big, important creative work does not fall off the list. [0:08:23.4]
The benefits of forcing periods for creativity. [0:13:07.2]
Chase’s challenge of coming back to earth from the world of ideas. [0:17:39.6]
Comparing the actual differences between these supposedly separate spheres. [0:24:09.1]
The idea of guided flexibility as a happy medium. [0:32:01.2]
An example of a successful musician to emphasize structured creativity. [0:35:31.3]
Using your intentions and needs as the third point of the triangle [0:41:32.7]
The inherent biases that we retain around these approaches. [0:44:17.9]
The strength of polarization and harnessing this through balance. [0:49:05.2]
Assuming the role of director in your inner play. [0:52:02.7]
Recognizing and using our internal stories as a tool. [0:55:03.2]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Gusto — https://gusto.com/fizzle
Fizzle — https://fizzle.co/
Fizzle Toolkit — https://fizzle.co/toolkit
Fizzle Goals Course - https://fizzle.co/courses/goals
Fizzle 80/20 Copywriting Guide — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/writing-copy-for-web
Fizzle Journaling Course - https://fizzle.co/courses/journal
ConvertKit — http://fizzle.co/convertkit
Courage and Clarity Plan Your Week - https://www.courageandclarity.com/plan/
Do Good Be Good - https://sharonspeaks.com/
Grateful Dead - http://www.dead.net/
Elizabeth Gilbert - https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Fizzle Show!

0:09.6

What's up everybody?

0:11.6

Boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, people of all shapes, sizes.

0:16.2

I don't care if you fit on the standard gender thing.

0:19.6

You know what?

0:20.3

You come as you are, and you are accepted here thing you know what you come as you are and you are accepted

0:23.5

here because you know what this place stands for is it stands for freedom it stands for freedom

0:28.3

right i'm just now i'm thinking about brave heart when the guy's just ripping into his belly and he's

0:34.1

freedom oh god it still gets me still gets me because it's amazing because

0:39.4

he's this moment where he's like freedom and he goes freedom but then you don't remember how

0:43.4

absolutely like retching that that scene actually that was shocking that was shocking when it

0:49.5

happened it's totally shocking and speaking of shocking which is why we brought that up, it was intentional and on purpose.

0:57.4

Sometimes working a job that you hate can feel very shocking. Sometimes waking up every day and going like, what am I doing all this work?

1:04.7

And then you come to and you're like, oh my God, I need to take my life into my own hands.

1:12.1

I need to take responsibility for my life.

1:15.0

I believe I can do it.

1:16.1

I believe in myself, but it's going to be tough.

1:18.5

I don't have all the answers.

1:20.1

I don't know everything that I need to know yet, but I can start the process.

1:24.2

I can start building my own business. And then several years in, you're like,

1:27.8

oh my gosh, like, this is almost to a point where I can maybe, like, quit my day job and do this

1:33.9

full time, but that would be absolutely insane, wouldn't it? And then a few years later, it's like,

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