Let's dive into one of the great paradoxes of creativity.

This is a thing I've been thinking a lot about lately because I've been staring at many a blank page.

You know that I'm working on another book and I often sit down to write and I'm stuck. I wonder like, God, what's the right way into the, you know?

The idea that in a world of boundless creativity and endless creative freedom that we can

sometimes feel stuck, I'm used to this, I'm aware, and I want to talk about it today.

This is sort of like standing in front of that canvas that stretches infinitely in every direction

and feeling overwhelmed about where to put the brush down, what color to apply to the canvas

or in my case that I was just sharing like, what's the first word that I write on the page?

If this sounds familiar to you, then you're not alone,

I promise, right? You see this allure of unlimited possibility, of unfettered exploration. This is

very seductive. If I zoom out far enough, this is one of my favorite things about creativity

is you can literally create anything.

When I talk about creativity here on the show, I talk about, look, if you're writing a symphony,

you're writing a book or creating a play or building a business, I always list a bunch of things

because it's true.

If we can train our attention and our creativity on something,

we can create it.

That unlimited possibility, however, can also be very, very paralyzing.

This is not a secret.

It's sort of like being that kid in the world's largest candy store, but you don't know

where to start eating because there's so many good things.

Do I go to the Swedish fish or the gummy bears or the chocolate?

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