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Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to use more of the hoop. In basketball, certain shots are more likely to go in

the basket than others. In your creative work, too, it's helpful to build in some space

for imperfection. That way, you can succeed even if not everything went as planned.

Today's tip, like some others this week, comes from Todd Henry's new book, Daily Creative.

In this guide, he shares 366 tips to help creative people stay prolific, brilliant, and healthy.

One of the tips is to use more of the hoop. Todd notes that his father has been a basketball coach

for over 40 years. One thing he taught Todd very early on is that when you put more

arc on your shot, you increase the chances of making it. As Todd explains the physics,

a shot with more arc approaches the rim from a higher angle, thus increasing the size of

the opening that your ball can fall into. When your shot is flat with little arc,

you are essentially shooting into an oval, and your technique has to be nearly perfect to succeed.

In other words, more arc means more tolerance for mistakes. Todd explains in Daily Creative

that the same principle applies to creative work. When you try to squeeze everything into a tight

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