1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to work against something. Figure out what 4 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 1: makes you fired up and righteously angry. Often that can 5 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: be a major source of inspiration. Today's tip, like some 6 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: others this week, comes from Todd Henry's new book Daily Creative. 7 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: This guide features three sixty six tips to help creative 8 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 1: people stay prolific, brilliant, and healthy. We often think about 9 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: what makes us happy, and that's good, but thinking about 10 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: what makes us mad is probably just as interesting. As 11 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: Todd writes, figure ring out what makes you angry is 12 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: one of the keys to unlocking your creative voice. He 13 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: doesn't mean road rage type anger. He means compassionate anger, 14 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: which he defines as anger on behalf of someone else. 15 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: It's anger that you feel because there is a wrong 16 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: that needs to be righted, or there is an injustice 17 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: happening around you. These situations can fill us with incredible energy. 18 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: We want to spring into action, not surprisingly, because we 19 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: are so engaged and worked up. We spend a lot 20 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: of time thinking about the problem, and we come up 21 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: with interesting solutions. Todd notes and Daily Creative that he 22 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: is moved to compassionate anger by stories of underdogs. I 23 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: like to write about how people spend time in general, 24 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: but I know that a lot of my work has 25 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,919 Speaker 1: sprung from hearing stories about how for and in particular, 26 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: it is impossible to have a big career and a thriving, 27 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: happy family. Of course, it makes me mad to hear 28 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: it from people who I am pretty sure do not 29 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: have women's best interests at heart. But it also makes 30 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: me mad when women with seemingly solid progressive credentials claim 31 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: that no one can have it all either both ways. 32 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 1: I am immediately formulating arguments with a passion that has 33 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: me writing a thousand words before I stopped to blink. 34 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: That is crazy energy. If you can tap it strategically, 35 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: you cannot get worked up about everything, then you won't 36 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: do anything except rage. But choosing one or two things 37 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: for which you might explore your righteous anger could be 38 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: very motivating. So what moves you to compassionate anger? Tad 39 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: suggests that it might be seeing that some one or 40 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: some organization isn't delivering on their promises. It might be 41 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: that you see someone as being taken advantage of, or 42 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: maybe you feel intense anger when you feel that an 43 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:17,839 Speaker 1: inferior product is causing problems for your customers. But PenPoint 44 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: what this anger is in this anger could very well 45 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: lie your life's work. Working against something is often more 46 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: focusing than working for something, so use that fact to 47 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: your advantage in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, 48 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, 49 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me 50 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with 51 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at Before Breakfast pod 52 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: that's B the number four, then Breakfast p o D. 53 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: You can also shoot me an email at Before Breakfast 54 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: podcast at iHeartMedia dot com. 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