The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
To create something is a daring, beautiful act. The architect, the author, the artist—all are building something where nothing was before. To try to create something even better than anyone has ever done it before is even bolder. Sitting down at the computer or with a notepad and committing to pour yourself onto it is a scary proposition. But anyon
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When we blindly follow expectations and rules for how things “should be done,” we kill our authority, creativity, and ingenuity. And no matter how good we are at “getting it right,” this rigid, overly serious way of life leads us to feel trapped, drained, isolated, stressed out, or bored.
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The Bhagavad-Gita says, “It is better to follow your own path, however imperfectly, than to follow someone else’s perfectly.” Consider the people who have found their voice and made a real impact: their paths always differ, but their practices overlap in many ways. At the heart of the creative’s practice is trust: the difficult journey to trust in
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BEYOND SCARCITY MINDSET The problem is that our culture has engaged in a Faustian bargain, in which we trade our genius and artistry for apparent stability. SETH GODIN