Quartet #14: Five Ways to Overcome Too Many Ideas Syndrome, Godin on the Long Road and More!
The first link below really resonated with me. It also made me laugh because let's just say I am significantly better at helping clients with dealing too many ideas than I am at managing that in my own career!
Needless to say, I read this article and took notes.
And without further ado, here are this week's ideas...
Quartet of the Week
1. Five Ways to Overcome Too Many Ideas Syndrome
I feel like this was written JUST FOR ME. But of course it wasn't. In fact, this is probably the main thing I work on with TEM Coaching clients: too many ideas and not knowing where to start.
These five suggestions are great. Highly recommended!
2. Do Things, Tell People
This is a cool and very short read that boils the creative process down to its essence.
"Make something that you can talk about. Make something cool. Something interesting. Spend time on it. Go crazy."
I found this 6-paragraph piece empowering.
3. Tool: listening.io
If you're like me you spend a lot of time in the car driving between gigs and lessons and meetings and everything else. This Chrome extension allows you to listen to any article in your favorite podcast player which is especially good for longer reads.
4. The Long Road
Here is a little Seth Godin magic about the long road:
"When we’re in the middle of a project, it’s easy to imagine that it’s not going to be around for decades. But every project opens doors, for you and for the people you build it for. It doesn’t matter if it works for everyone, if it’s a worldwide bestseller or on the front page. Oceans are made of drops."
Love it!
This Week's TEM Episode
Thus far this week I have not been able to put out a TEM episode. Might be able to squeeze one in tommorow but that remains to be seen.
My fall has been filled with wonderful playing, teaching and consulting opportunities. But the last two months are perhaps the busiest 2-month stretch I've ever had.
Thing calm down significantly once January rolls around and I'm looking forward to that!
My Final Thought of the Week
Here's a quote to send you on your way:
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
—Greek Proverb
Kind of goes nicely with Godin's thoughts about the long road. Each and every one of us is making a difference in many lives as long as we simply keep showing up.
Sometimes those lives are the people right in front of us and it's easy to see. Other times those lives are people we will never meet.
The key is continuing to show up, when it's easy and when it's difficult.
Thanks for being on this journey with me!
Cheers,
Andrew
The Entrepreneurial Musician
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