DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY

I like what I am reading, about the burden of dealing with uncertainty:

"... To create what will be, you must remove yourself from the constant concern for what already is.

As for the uncertainty, accept the fact that it will weigh on you.

Accept the burden of continuous processing.

There’s no shortcut to deep-thinking and crunching through scenarios in the basement of your brain.

It is perhaps the most important personal investment (and sacrifice) we make.

Chalk it up as a burden of leadership.

No matter what your creative endeavor is, uncertainty will be lingering around every corner.

Embrace it and channel it, and you’ll gain the confidence to lead your team down a foggy path that always changes... "

~ Scott Belsky, Adobe's VP of Community, and Co-Founder & Head of Behance, the leading online platform for creatives to showcase and discover creative work; also author of the bestselling book, 'Making Ideas Happen';

10 LAWS OF PRODUCTIVITY

According to the Behance Team, which operates the leading online platform for creative professionals, as well as the 99% Conference, a major annual symposium on execution in creative industries, here are 10 laws of productivity consistently observed among serial idea executors:

1. Break the seal of hesitation.

2. Start small.

3. Prototype, prototype, prototype.

4. Create simple objectives for projects, and revisit them regularly.

5. Work on your project a little bit each day.

6. Develop a routine.

7. Break big, long-term projects into smaller chunks or “phases.”

8. Prune away superfluous meetings (and their attendees).

9. Practice saying “No.”

10. Remember that rules – even productivity rules – are made to be broken.

Readers can go to this link to read the entire report.

[For more information, read 'Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality', by Scott Belsky, founder & CEO of Behance. Their Action Method [with the apt tagline: "It's not about Ideas. It's about Making Ideas Happen!"] is interesting, & is worth exploring.]