By Derek Thompson — 2014
What if the innovator's dilemma is part of something bigger—a creator's dilemma, an innate bias against novelty?
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CLEAR ALL
As we peer around the corner of the pandemic, let’s talk about what we want to do—and not do—with the rest of our lives.
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A few months and many deaths ago, I woke up exhausted, again. Every morning, I felt like I was rebuilding myself from the ground up. Waking up was hard. Getting to my desk to write was hard. Taking care of my body was hard. Remembering the point of it all was hard.
Research shows that entrepreneurs are more likely than most to suffer from mental health conditions—a factor of their high-stress jobs and the psychological traits that steer people toward starting a business in the first place.
Managing their time properly is an invaluable skill, and extremely rewarding in the long run.
If your business plan doesn’t include dealing with stress, you must not realize what you’re getting yourself into.
We can look at entrepreneurship in one of two ways: as the ultimate self-employment paradise, where you are truly the master of your own destiny, or as an endless source of stress, sleeplessness and anxiety.
After nearly a year of dealing with this pandemic, I decided it was time to reach out to my community to discuss the challenges we were all facing. The biggest challenge being burnout.
Creative agencies thrive when the people who work there are in a healthy state of mind.
The pandemic has pushed many to the brink. But although we're exhausted and overwhelmed, some experts say we're not actually as burned out as we may think.
Creativity is fragile: it needs to be fed enough inspiration, but not too much, for consuming an excessive amount of information may destroy its delicate balance. It needs space to grow, but should not be forced, for mechanical work may lead to lifeless output.