Write at Your Edge - The Art of Setting a Motivating Goal
Kerry Schafer Kerry Schafer

Write at Your Edge - The Art of Setting a Motivating Goal

Do you have a creative goal? Is it well-defined and time limited? Does it give you a little buzz of adrenaline when you think about it?

Here's a hint: if your goal has got the word "someday" in it, it's not a BHAG or a B-HAWG or really even a goal - it's just a wish.

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Kerry Schafer Kerry Schafer

Don't Wait 'til You're Dead - Digging up a Creative Dream

On the second day of my dig I worked next to a dear woman who was probably in her 80s.(I didn’t think it would be polite to ask her age!) She has been coming on digs for seven years. Having a knee replacement didn’t stop her - she just kneels on her good knee.  She said, 'I realized I’d rather be outside than inside doing housework. I can’t get any of my friends or family to join me, but being out here, digging for fossils … I couldn’t be happier if I won the lottery!’

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