The Myth of Laser Focus

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During the month of September, I wanted to test the hypothesis that I would have greater focus and productivity if I only focused on one thing. Well, the results are in, and they’re not pretty. Click here to read more…

Developing the Completion Habit

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Image shows a car in a field

Generating ideas is great, but an idea never fully developed is like owning a car without wheels; it ain’t going anywhere, it’s just taking up space, and it’ll probably piss you off every time you think of it. I’ve written quite a bit about generating ideas for creative projects. The more ideas you have to [...]

One Important Question

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Working on projects and goals, it’s really easy to become bogged down in a labyrinth of tasks and actions that aren’t as important as they seem. Some of these tasks are so time-sucking, their value so miniscule, that they aren’t even worth doing. At the same time, they feel like they’re worth doing because, well, [...]

Keeping Track of Ideas

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Ah, the floppy disk.

In my geekiest post ever, I’ll teach you how to keep track of all your ideas with a filing system. Go ahead and laugh. I can take it. Learn more…

Review: The War of Art

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In The War of Art, Steven Pressfield makes the case that Resistance prevents people from doing their work. To combat Resistance, you need to cultivate a professional attitude toward your work. Once you do, you’ll be rewarded by the muse and other divine intervention. Learn more…

Two Strategies for Idea Generation

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Hunter with several delicious dead ducks

The process of generating ideas is a lot like hunting: ideas are your prey. Your mind is the forest. You can actively stalk your prey, or you can set some traps and wait for the prey to come to you. Learn more…

7 Creativity Myths Exposed

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Exploring Creativity Myths

Creativity is a little mysterious, often misunderstood, and shrouded in myth. This post looks at those myths and the reality behind them.

Happy Birthday Happenchance!

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Happenchance: One Year of Creative Techniques and Temporary Insanity

One year, 5 countries, and 58 posts later, the author celebrates the birthday of Happenchance: Creative Techniques for Creative People.

Get Unstuck with an Evil Deadline

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Use evil deadlines to get unstuck

Evil deadlines take the choice out of finishing a project. Set a deadline three days out and finish the project…or zombies will eat your brains. Read more…

Need Ideas? Try an Inspiration Binge

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The Bard went on inspiration binges.

An inspiration binge is a creative technique involving the immoderate consumption of cultural entertainments for the purpose of generating ideas. Read more…

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