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CM 240: Adam Alter on Simple Ways to Get Unstuck

Curious Minds at Work

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The Importance of Restraint in Art

When you are stuck, giving yourself a lot of room to move is often paralyzing. What you need to do is restrain yourself or constrain yourself. By constraining yourself, you narrow down the options you have and it makes you really effective at zooming in on the thing that you are doing.

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