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The Cost of Getting Good - The Cost of Getting Good - How Success Becomes a Creative Trap for Creatives
Description
Getting good at your craft is supposed to be the goal. But for a lot of us, competence became the cage. This episode is about the feedback loop nobody warns you about: the better you get, the harder it is to leave. And what we build around the good thing to protect it.
Also, some honesty about why I called this show "Terrible" that I haven't said out loud before.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Bartleby the Scrivener - Herman Melville (1853)
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - T.S. Eliot (1915)
Robert Berglas - Self-Handicapping research
THE BOOK
Lessons From a Terrible Photographer is out now. It's part memoir, part field guide, and part honest conversation about what it actually costs to build a creative life. If this episode landed, the book goes deeper.
Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Terrible-Photographer-Photography-Probably/dp/B0GRGLYKYS/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0
LINKS
Website: http://terriblephotographer.com
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The Terrible Creative is written, produced, and hosted by Patrick Fore. Music licensed through Epidemic Sound and Blue Dot Sessions. Recorded from my garage in San Diego, California.