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…
Meaning and Motivation
Lessons from the First 5k Run of the Year
I set a goal this year to run a 5k under 23:00. My first 5k time this year was 24:57. I have a long way to go! Here are a few lessons I learned from this year’s first race: Don’t each anything for breakfast that will get stuck in your teeth (berries). Map out your…
Interval Training: How to Get Faster at Anything
When I was a track coach, I designed most of my practices to focus on interval training. Instead of running the entire distance of the races my runners participated in, they would run only a fraction of those distances at speeds that would total a personal record. The idea is that you train your body…
Deliberate Practice for Writers
Angela Duckworth summarizes the basic requirements for deliberate practice (K. Anders Ericsson) as: A clearly defined stretch goal Full concentration and effort Immediate and informative feedback Repetition with reflection and refinement Angela Duckworth, Grit As a writer, I try to write every day. How can I make these writing sessions deliberate practice? A clearly defined…
How to Help Kids Develop Lifelong Passions
Read or listen to artists talk about what inspired them as children to love their work and most of the time they will talk about an experience of something or someone that sparked that inspiration. They were interested in something like writing or drawing, but then they encountered a work of art that made something…
