10 Top Lessons From "Big Magic"
📚Book Review (THREAD)
📚Book Review (THREAD)
1. Humans Are Meant To Create
🗿If you go back throughout history, you’ll see people have always been creators. Not people sitting around, twiddling their thumbs, waiting for things to happen, but actually taking action.
🗿If you go back throughout history, you’ll see people have always been creators. Not people sitting around, twiddling their thumbs, waiting for things to happen, but actually taking action.
2. Be Courageous
💪The courage to create, to put yourself out there, to expose your inner most self to the world, is no small task.
If we succumb to our fears, our courage dies, as does our creativity. Be courageous.
💪The courage to create, to put yourself out there, to expose your inner most self to the world, is no small task.
If we succumb to our fears, our courage dies, as does our creativity. Be courageous.
3. Ideas Come And Go
💭Gilbert explains that ideas are everywhere in the world. They come and go, as moments of inspiration to any individual. If that person accepts them, nourishes them, and acts on them, they stick around.
💭Gilbert explains that ideas are everywhere in the world. They come and go, as moments of inspiration to any individual. If that person accepts them, nourishes them, and acts on them, they stick around.
4. Passion vs. Curiosity
👉The stakes of curiosity are also far lower than the stakes of passion.
Curiosity can take you to interesting, unexpected places, and possibly even to your passion. There’s no downside in following your curiosity.
👉The stakes of curiosity are also far lower than the stakes of passion.
Curiosity can take you to interesting, unexpected places, and possibly even to your passion. There’s no downside in following your curiosity.
5. It’s Been Done Before, But Not By You
💎Once you put your own expression and passion behind an idea, that idea becomes yours.
Authenticity and your own personal touch can make anything feel original.
💎Once you put your own expression and passion behind an idea, that idea becomes yours.
Authenticity and your own personal touch can make anything feel original.
6. Create For Yourself
⚙️Don’t make things for the recognition or the money or the fame. Do it for yourself. Do it because you enjoy it. Everything else is just a bonus.
⚙️Don’t make things for the recognition or the money or the fame. Do it for yourself. Do it because you enjoy it. Everything else is just a bonus.
7. Don’t Complain
🗣️Complaining isn’t a good look. You’re trying to do something difficult, that’s true, but of course it’s difficult and no one wants to hear you complain anyways. Quit your complaining.
🗣️Complaining isn’t a good look. You’re trying to do something difficult, that’s true, but of course it’s difficult and no one wants to hear you complain anyways. Quit your complaining.
8. Enjoy the Work, It Shouldn’t Be Painful
😌For some reason, artists have this misconception that making art should be painful. That it’s a daily struggle.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Creativity and art should be celebrated and more importantly, enjoyed.
😌For some reason, artists have this misconception that making art should be painful. That it’s a daily struggle.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Creativity and art should be celebrated and more importantly, enjoyed.
9. You Will Fail
❓how do you deal with the failure and disappointment?
You realize that the only thing suffering is your ego. Don’t let your ego run the show, you must also consider your soul.
If you can listen to your soul, you can keep making happily.
❓how do you deal with the failure and disappointment?
You realize that the only thing suffering is your ego. Don’t let your ego run the show, you must also consider your soul.
If you can listen to your soul, you can keep making happily.
10. Everything Sucks Part of the Time
🕛No job, art, or endeavor is awesome all the time. They all come with their steady dose of sh*t you don’t like.
Find something you love enough that dealing with the bullshit is at least tolerable.
🕛No job, art, or endeavor is awesome all the time. They all come with their steady dose of sh*t you don’t like.
Find something you love enough that dealing with the bullshit is at least tolerable.
You can't improve if you don't know what you're doing wrong.
🔴 Make time for stillness
🔴 Master over your mind
🔴 Practice decision-making skills
✅Work on your mental models and practice critical thinking.
Get your copy Here:👇
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🔴 Make time for stillness
🔴 Master over your mind
🔴 Practice decision-making skills
✅Work on your mental models and practice critical thinking.
Get your copy Here:👇
gumroad.com
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