Do you suffer from an unrequited creativity, a particular creative itch you haven’t—for reasons you can’t identify—been able to scratch? In this session, we’ll look at why you might resist doing the creative work you’re called to do, and how to jumpstart and sustain it. First, we’ll identify your creative blocks, drawing on Stephen Pressfield’s The War of Art, Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey’s Immunity to Change, and using the CPS tool “Why? What’s Stopping You?” Then, we’ll introduce several brain- and behavior-based solutions, including James Clear’s Atomic Habits, Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, Paul’s “Creating Time” framework, and Haley’s new research on how the neuroscience of focus and attention affects creativity. At the session’s end, you’ll have a roadmap of your own design that you can use to understand your creative drivers that you can use for this project and future ones.
Takeaways
- Identify why you might resist doing something that you (might) truly wish to do.
- Review relevant research that shows what might help you overcome resistance.
- Make a personalized plan for how to get started and keep going on your project.
