We're living in a creative explosion, like a creative supe nova. You don't have to do any extra work to go find these creative sources. Just pay attention, open the aperture of your attention and notice what is going on around you. And suddenlyyo, you're going to realize, i'm rich, i'm creatively wealt and i don't need to do any more work.
Stop completing your projects via “heavy lifts” – grueling slogs of painful work where you create everything from scratch. There is another way – you can slowly gather ideas, in the background and over time, using “slow burns.” Once the project gets underway, you’ll already have a rich collection of interesting ideas, insights, examples, facts, and illustrations that you can easily combine together without burning yourself out.