Jonathan Mann writes a new song every day–regardless of whether or not he’s inspired to. That’s hustle. So how does he do it? And what’s something he’s learned about making songs he really likes. He doesn’t care. Check out the video to see what he’s talking about.
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We talked about this a bit in the post Don’t Be an Owner, but I thought this was brilliantly summed up. Do you agree with Jonathan? Tell me your thoughts.
That’s pretty brilliant!
That’s pretty brilliant!
i think you are on to something. it’s really our obsession with perfectionism that creates fear of failure, fear gives birth to over-monitoring ourselves and then before you know it we’re not doing anything truly creative. “Not caring” is your way of saying “lose the fear.” You probably can’t turn off the caring but you can suspend the fear and just create – then decide later what you want to do with the work. Anne Lamott (author) calls it “shi++y first drafts.” i think that says it pretty well.
That’s a great summary. And I definitely agree…over-monitoring ourselves kills creativity.
i think you are on to something. it’s really our obsession with perfectionism that creates fear of failure, fear gives birth to over-monitoring ourselves and then before you know it we’re not doing anything truly creative. “Not caring” is your way of saying “lose the fear.” You probably can’t turn off the caring but you can suspend the fear and just create – then decide later what you want to do with the work. Anne Lamott (author) calls it “shi++y first drafts.” i think that says it pretty well.
That’s a great summary. And I definitely agree…over-monitoring ourselves kills creativity.