Archive for the 'Just Doing It' Category
Delayed Gratification and the Creative Soul - Part 3: Why Double Gratification is Best
0 Comments Published by Andrew Leigh August 21st, 2008 in Goals and Goal Setting, Just Doing It, Success.Right then - in part 1 and part 2 of this series I’ve looked at the pros and cons of delayed and instant gratification.
As Gaina suggests in the comments for Part 2, hitting the right balance is vital. Like most things in life, it’s going to one extreme or the other that brings problems (is […]
Delayed Gratification and the Creative Soul – Part 2: the Case Against
2 Comments Published by Andrew Leigh July 3rd, 2008 in Goals and Goal Setting, Just Doing It, Success.Okay – so you read (I hope) the case for incorporating a delayed gratification approach into your creative life – now, for the first time anywhere (so far as I know), here is the case against – or…
Why Instant Gratification Rules
Note: I’m taking a devil’s advocate stance here so don’t expect any kind of balanced […]
Delayed Gratification and the Creative Soul – Part 1: Delayed Gratification is Good For You
3 Comments Published by Andrew Leigh June 24th, 2008 in Goals and Goal Setting, Just Doing It, Success.Have you ever given up something pleasurable now in order to reap greater rewards later? That’s delayed gratification. And I’ll bet you’ve also decided to blow the consequences and take the pleasure now. That’s instant gratification.
In this post I’m going to present the standard arguments for delayed gratification and against instant gratification. Then in the […]
Creativity and Joyfulness
3 Comments Published by Andrew Leigh January 18th, 2008 in Creativity, Just Doing It, Being an artist.Well, earlier this week I wrote a post entitled Creativity and Depression. A comment by Sari offered the other perspective on the subject. Among a number of interesting points Sari argued that media presentation and our own willingness (as creative people) to express ourselves skewed the perception towards that of the suffering artist. I’ve […]
Stop Worrying About Talent And Be Your Best Creative Self
3 Comments Published by Andrew Leigh December 4th, 2007 in Creativity, Just Doing It, Being an artist, Happiness.One of the things that gives we creative people endless anguish is the nagging worry about our own talent. Do we have enough of it? Have others been blessed with more? Is it fair?
Well – here’s a hard truth. It’s a near certainty that there are other creatives out there, artists, musicians, photographers, […]
