http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive en-us N/A de2@talentdevelop.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:09:48 PST 20 false false psychology,personal growth clean http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/1191/1/Overcoming-creative-anxiety-Eric-Maisel-on-fear-of-success/Page1.html 'Fear of success' is a future-looking idea: it is about your relationship to the success that might come your way one day. ‘Anxiety of success’ is a now-looking idea: it is about your relationship to the success you are currently experiencing...‘Fear of success’ can be dealt with cognitively: you notice how your thoughts are weakening your resolve and you replace those self-sabotaging thoughts with thoughts that serve you. The anxiety that arises from actual success, on the other hand, must be dealt with behaviorally. You must do something with the new offers coming in, the fan mail, the interview requests, the invitations to excess and distraction.
]]> no@spam.com (Eric Maisel) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/1191/1/Overcoming-creative-anxiety-Eric-Maisel-on-fear-of-success/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/1047/1/Banishing-Perfectionism/Page1.html “You need to play the notes correctly,” she said in a small voice. “Of course.” I paused. “But is that the music? Many great musicians have said that if you demand that they play all the notes correctly they can’t also make music." ... “I keep hearing ‘No heart!’ ‘No heart!’" Tears came. “What am I supposed to do at this point? Go see the Wizard of Oz and get a heart?” I smiled. “Well, I have a simple solution. Feel free to play in a heartfelt way and the hell with the notes.”]]> no@spam.com (Eric Maisel) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/1047/1/Banishing-Perfectionism/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/695/1/Meaningful-Life-Meaningful-Work-Meaningful-Days/Page1.html In order for you to live an authentic, meaningful life, which is the principal remedy for the depression creative people experience, you must feel that 1) the plan of your life is meaningful, 2) the work you do is meaningful, and 3) the way your spend your time is meaningful. These are three separate but related tasks, each with its own logic, demands, and obstacles.]]> no@spam.com (Eric Maisel) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/695/1/Meaningful-Life-Meaningful-Work-Meaningful-Days/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/784/1/Demand-Grandeur/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Eric Maisel) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/784/1/Demand-Grandeur/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/752/1/Silencing-Self-Criticism/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Eric Maisel) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/752/1/Silencing-Self-Criticism/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/587/1/The-Existential-Key/Page1.html The first key to handling criticism is the existential key. Until you decide that your path in life matters, that it is ultimately your responsibility to live by your cherished principles, and that you and only you can create a life worth living, you will have insufficient motivation to put criticism in its place.
]]> no@spam.com (Eric Maisel) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/587/1/The-Existential-Key/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/585/1/Introducing-Toxic-Criticism/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Eric Maisel) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/585/1/Introducing-Toxic-Criticism/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/522/1/Are-You-Censoring-Yourself/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Eric Maisel) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/522/1/Are-You-Censoring-Yourself/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/518/1/Eric-Maisels-Van-Gogh-Blues/Page1.html Eric Maisel: Even before you can make meaning, you must nominate yourself as the meaning-maker in your own life and fashion a central connection with yourself, one that is more aware, active, and purposeful than the connection most people fashion with themselves.
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