My Comment on Jenn Hollern's Blog Post

Jen,

Rule Number 6, is a great rule to identify with, especially when it comes to creativity. So many times we struggle to find the perfect design, concept, or saying that we end up sitting there in the same position we were an hour ago still with a blank paper, platform, or canvas. I think remembering to take a step back and try to forget about creating something perfect allows us the ability to just free flow. More often than not some of our (or mine) best work comes out of this creative free flow. 

Jenn's Original Post

Week 3: Art of Possibility

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Jenn Hollern

I absolutely love Rule Number 6. If I had to identify one rule to live by in the creative field, it would be precisely that: never take yourself so seriously. Most of the time, I realize that I’m fighting a creative block – or whatever – because I am putting so much pressure on creating something brilliant instead of just…creating something…anything. 
This chapter almost contrasts the previous chapter, though, about leading from any chair. I love this principle – empowerment – and found myself thinking of the quote that was used almost simultaneously in the release of “Akeelah and the Bee” and “Coach Carter” that I think was first written by Marianne Williamson. It said that “our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” I think when we’re talking about leading from any chair, we should be talking about how to make the seats in front of us the most powerful people they can be. 
But, of course, this style of leadership also seems to require that we take ourselves more seriously than Rule Number 6 would allow, and if I had to pick, my natural instinct would be to lead and empower, but it seems much more enticing to follow the advice of the woman who played the game “Have the best sex ever”