That we in fact dream of doing, right? And for some reason, we procrastinate on those things. But then we procrastinate on these things that we supposedly want to do, that we in fact dream of doing.ĭAVID: Yeah.
An interesting thing about the book that you’re talking about, The Heart to Start, is that previous to writing that book I wrote a different book and then I found myself something like six years later having not written another book yet.Īnd so that’s where this book came from, was the things that I wanted to instill in myself every time I found myself procrastinating on creative work or on any sort of aspiration, I call ‘aspiration procrastination,’ – that we are familiar with procrastination in a traditional sense such as that we are procrastinating on taking out the trash or in going to the dentist and, there’s not much mystery in why we procrastinate on those things. It was such a long process that I had to write a book about it just so I could get over it myself. So how did you find the Heart to Start in the face of all of this?ĭAVID: Well, it was a long process. MARK: David, you’ve written a great book to help people with a challenge that I think we can all relate to, and that’s staring at a blank page or canvas or whatever the equivalent is, and then looking at the amazing achievements of successful people in our industry or art form and being paralyzed with fear and doubt. So without further ado, it’s time for us to get started, by listening to David Kadavy’s advice on finding the Heart to Start.
In fact, David interviewed me for his show in the ‘return match’ for today’s conversation – you can listen to our conversation on The Heart to Start here. If you enjoy The 21st Century Creative then I think you’ll also like David’s podcast Love Your Work, which touches on many of the themes we look at on this show, around using your creativity to carve out an unusual career and find your own security in an uncertain world. And at the end of the interview David sets what I reckon is the strangest Creative Challenge we have ever had from a guest! In the course of the interview David talks about his ‘best AND worst blog post,’ which you can find here.
He also shares practical tips from his book The Heart to Start, including what he calls motivational judo, a powerful and counterintuitive approach to outwitting your own perfectionism and procrastination. In this interview David joins the dots between 2004 and today, and shares how he found the heart to get started – and to keep going in the face of obscurity and adversity.
It’s also for you if you find yourself looking at the achievements of your creative heroes and top performers in your field, and comparing your own situation with theirs, and wondering what you could possibly do to compete with them.īack in 2004, David was in this position himself – sitting in a cubicle in Nebraska, reading the blogs of successful people he admired, and wondering if he’d ever make it out of the cubicle and create the life he dreamed of.įast forward to 2018, and David is a best-selling author and the host of the popular podcast Love Your Work, living the internet dream as a writer and creative entrepreneur in Medellin, Colombia. If you’ve ever looked at a blank screen or canvas or an empty rehearsal room or auditorium and felt paralysed with fear and self-doubt, then this week’s interview with David Kadavy is for you.
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