Planning, Drugs and Alcohol
In my last blog, “ Only Fools Charge In ”, I talked about how the guy who didn’t think it through, didn’t analyze things as much, was too arrogant or ignorant than to know better is often the guy who comes up with the creative idea, the Next Big Thing…because he is forced to be creative after he charged in and got stuck. As someone who lies at the other end of the spectrum (I like to plan, to analyze, to consider the odds of success before I start something), that seems a bit unfair. The don’t look before you leap guy, the ignorant and the arrogant are more likely to have that creative spark? And then it got worse. I read this piece about writers and creativity : “Choose your drug: alcohol, marijuana, mushrooms… Any one of these will make your writing better, especially if you’re writing something personal. Writing is only interesting to other people if it is deeply revealing. Your brain has a self defense mechanism which prevents you from divulging too much of yourse...