Make art. Think like an artist.
I finished Seth Godin's new book, The Icarus Deception . I like his "big ideas." In this book, he argues that in a post-industrial economy, in which we are bombarded with media messages, we will stand out only if we give a gift to the world that is REMARKABLE. The gift, freely given from a place of urgency and pure joy, is our art. While I don't see an effort to clearly define what "art" he means, he uses the term so broadly that it could include any creative effort that you pursue diligently, passionately, and with increasingly greater skill and insight. It requires you to face down your own fears of failure and inadequacy (which he attributes to the "lizard brain," aka the amygdala and other fear centers of the left brain, mostly). It requires you to pursue your art even when those around you discourage you actively and more passively. It requires you to separate your art from your own self-worth, so criticism of your art does not unbal...