Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map to Winning Creative Battles

Whether it’s needing to pay your taxes, washing the dishes, or a marriage that is on the rocks. List it all out. The list must be exhaustive. If something pops in your head, put it down. There is no filter here. Second, write at the bottom of the sheet of paper, “All of these things are important and I promise to concern, worry, and fear over them

As I thought through the bad advice I had received, I realized it was because I had gone to someone who was really good at some things, but not the things I was asking about.

I knew I wanted freedom. Not freedom to travel. I still don’t go many places. Not freedom to work whenever I wanted. I still work set hours during the day. I simply wanted the freedom to make those decisions myself. I wanted to live a life where nobody could make a claim on my time without my approval. I was also realizing I wanted to do something

The truth is, we don’t care about the ten thousand failures. We need a light bulb and need the one thing that worked. A book filled with twenty tips that don’t work would not sell very well. We want the twenty tips that do work. You can keep the thousand that don’t.

“Make a worry list,” he said. “What’s a worry list?” I asked. “Exactly what it sounds like. Make a list of every single thing you’re worried about. From the big, truly scary things, to the small, mundane things. Get it all out and onto paper. Then, once it’s all out, look at the list and promise yourself that you will take care of everything on tha

IN THE AUTHENTIC SWING PRESSFIELD DESCRIBES THE WAY HE RIFFED ON THE ANCIENT HINDU SCRIPTURE, BHAGAVAD GITA, AS THE BASIS FOR HIS BOOK THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE. * * * Being the obsessive compulsive that I am, this prompted me to take a look at this Hindu scripture Pressfield was so enamored with. I found this line: “You have a right to perform yo

I STARTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF THE SUCCESS I SAW AROUND ME WAS THE EDITED VERSION OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.

What if I started letting go a little bit and trusting what was inside of me without expecting a slap on the back or a check?

From day one, what amazed me about Dan was his constant assumption that there was probably a better way to do what he was doing. He seemed to step into every situation with a confidence to try something, but also realizing it was probably not the exact right thing. One time I asked him about this. “It’s all experiments, Tim. It’s not about me or my