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Prolific is Better than Perfect

By Jared Dees

Prolific is better than perfect.

I am so grateful for Benjamin Hardy’s article about his new culture wall, which Gaping Void created for him. Number 14 in his list of pictures is by far my favorite. It summarizes exactly my philosophy when it comes to making it as an artist and an author: “It’s better to be prolific than perfect.” — Joe…

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July 16, 2018 Filed Under: Author Tips, Creativity, On Writing

Prioritizing Projects with Index Cards

By Jared Dees

I organize all of the projects and tasks I have to do in Trello, which stacks “cards” vertically in lists. Within each card I can add checklists, notes, documents, links, deadlines, and almost anything else I would need for a project. It is an amazing tool that I have relied on constantly every day for…

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June 22, 2018 Filed Under: Creativity, Meaning and Motivation, Meaningful Work, On Entrepreneurship, Productivity

Batching Your Work

By Jared Dees

I suffer from a problem that a lot of other artists and entrepreneurs deal with on a day to day basis. We have so many ideas and projects that we want to work on that we end up starting but not finishing many different projects at the same time. As a results, we tend to…

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June 6, 2018 Filed Under: Author Tips, Creativity, Meaning and Motivation, On Writing, Productivity

How to Remember What You Read

By Jared Dees

I set a goal this year to read fifty books. I’m up to twenty-eight books and seven ahead of schedule. That is a lot of books and most of them are nonfiction. Here is the challenge: reading more books means there is more to remember. Since I have increased the number of books I read,…

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June 5, 2018 Filed Under: Creativity, Productivity

How Robert Mankoff Finally Found Success as an Artist

By Jared Dees

Robert Mankoff was rejected by The New Yorker 2,000 times between 1974 and 1977. He drew 2,000 cartoons during those three years and but didn’t stop drawing or submitting his work to the magazine. Finally, one of his cartoons was accepted. Then they accepted another one and another until he was invited to become a regular…

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May 23, 2018 Filed Under: Creativity, Meaning and Motivation, Productivity

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Jared Dees is passionate about sharing practical resources to teach faith. He is best known for his website The Religion Teacher and is the author of many books including 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator, To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach, Praying the Angelus, Christ in the Classroom, and Beatitales: 80 Fables about the Beatitudes for Children. See all of Jared's Books →

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