THE GAP by Ira Glass

All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of... See more

We all start with the ability to recognize greatness. We know what we like. We have taste. But our ability to create that greatness? It lags way behind.

So we make something. We look at it. And we think: "This f*cking sucks."

But The Taste Gap isn't a sign you're failing. It's a sign you're on the right track.

Ira Glass continues: “We all go through... See more