You’ve added on a good example here. That sure does make sense as I remember hearing about photographers taking so many shots to get those few good ones, which sound wacky until they are back in their office analyzing the picture, and the little details in the images make all the difference.

This article could have been titled “High Output Leads To That One Super Result”, or something of that nature.

That sure is a cool way you put that. I think you’re on the right track of ideas there. Some people will hear this and think it is too fanciful, but I would agree that it is the path. We work to assemble our desired state. This makes quite a bit of sense.

If my desired state is to be doing environmental research, and having students regularly coming to join my research team and add in more energy, I have to put in loads of effort to get to that research position, build up respect from students and other researchers, and so on. All of that work is to get to a state where I would then fit in much more smoothly.

I could think of more examples, but you have presented this in a way that is fitting. There is work for work’s sake, and then there is the more relevant effort we put to get to a point that suits us.

Glad to think about this.

Thanks about the points there. This is true about stocking up value through putting out content. We know Eminem for many of the songs he did, or know Picasso for many of the paintings he did, as one would not be enough, wouldn’t show consistency, and would have left them feeling unfulfilled. An inventor who continues toward inventing the next thing will have added energy that a person who had not invented yet won’t have.

Good call on creating something.

great post with good points here. Creation is indeed linked with motivation, the more creative actions we put out the more momentum we will gain. As the results of our creation, weather our foundation of skills, or the inspirations we raise, stocks up, we eventually have the motivation to create something better and above our old standards.

Thanks for this post, I need to go create something

Steven

Well, supposing that the producing becomes more and more enjoyable, I would say our needs for relaxation and rest would decrease, as we would be in a relaxed state while continuing what we do, and rest would be just enough to refresh.

I’d say it is easy to make time for relaxation when putting in the big efforts, because then it is a really nice time.

You do have a valid point here. I didn’t think about it so much about being practice-related, but that can certainly be the case. We can produce a lot still, and then only put out certain items publicly, as you allude to here. Overload for the viewer is not usually a good thing.

I agree with you about reaching a point where you can then be more prolific.