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Elizabeth Gilbert on the drive to keep creating
Last week I shared Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED Talk on the creative genius and the expectations we place on people. A few years after that talk, she gave another one – this time it was about how to navigate the vagaries of creative work – not just thinking about creativity and genius but also how to get back into a productive state where you can not only shield yourself from expectations and fears but also carry on with your work and reconcile both failure and success. And she makes a good point about what home is – she asks what one loves more than one loves oneself or one’s ego and…
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Elizabeth Gilbert on the elusive creative genius
From time to time, I need to remind myself that writing is what I love doing. That I don’t need to take on other people’s expectations while doing it. So I really appreciate Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED Talk on the topic of expectations and the idea of genius. And I think anyone doing anything creative is going to benefit from this too. So even though this video is a few years old now, just in case you have not seen it, here you go – let me know what you think in the comments:
