Creative Pep Talk

487 - Apathetic About Goals? Uncover A Different Source of "Infinite" Motivation

If you’re struggling to create goals that feel motivating, this episode is for you! Goals have their place, but sometimes we need to tap into a more renewable motivation. In this episode I share a shift that freaking changed the game for me! For real! Hope you get the same boost from this that I did!

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Albert Camus – Sisyphus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_Sisyphus

Austin Kleon – Keep Going

https://austinkleon.com/keepgoing/

Stephen Pressfield – The Artist’s Journey

https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-artists-journey/

Uri Shulevitz – Writing With Pictures

https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Pictures-Write-Illustrate-Childrens/dp/0823059359

James P. Carse – Finite and Infinite Games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_and_Infinite_Games

Simon Sinek – The Infinite Game

https://simonsinek.com/books/the-infinite-game/

Sufjan Stevens

https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/sufjan-stevens-on-songwriting-collaboration-and-the-myth-of-the-tortured-artist/

Brian McDonald

https://writeinvisibleink.com

Ira Glass

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass

Colin Rigsby

https://www.instagram.com/vesperteen/?hl=en

Clairo – Charm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charm_(Clairo_album)

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