Don't Think to Write to Think

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The tools for being creative are only exponentially growing, but you don't have to make an announcement on social or do a video on YouTube. One of the things that you also say, which I really believe is doing is thinking. You're not drafting it up in AutoCAD or like on Sketch. You're just putting words on the page just like you would be on a final draft. So writing the challenge with that is it all looks the same.

Herbert is a writer and editorial director who has been writing online since he was 15. He is the editor of 'The World According to Kanye' and has written for publications such as Forge, TIME and Quartz. Herbert joins the show to discuss his book 'Creative Doing: 75 Practical Exercises to Unblock Your Creative Potential in Your Work, Hobby, or Next Career', and to share some practical, actionable methods of harnessing the creative impulses that lie inside us all. Important Links:

Show Notes:

“Think less; do more”
Adapting to social media
“Don’t make the bad the enemy of the good”
“Doing is thinking”
The strongest case for thinking over doing
The role of the subconscious in the creative process
The Madman and the Judge
What initial steps can an aspiring creator take?
Is there such a thing as natural creativity?
“Quality is a word smart people use to procrastinate”
Unifying the Madman and the Judge
Why do societies try to crush creativity out of people?
Why we are all creative

Books Mentioned:

Creative Doing: 75 Practical Exercises to Unblock Your Creative Potential in Your Work, Hobby, or Next Career; by Herbert Lui
Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective; by Kenneth O. Stanley and Joel Lehman
The Love Song of J. Alfred Profrock; by T.S. Eliot
The I Ching
Tao Te Ching; by Laozi
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance; by Robert M. Pirsig