Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to use more of the hoop. In basketball,
Speaker 1: certain shots are more likely to go in the basket
Speaker 1: than others. In your creative work, too, it's helpful to
Speaker 1: build in some space for imperfection. That way you can
Speaker 1: succeed even if not everything went as planned. Today's tip,
Speaker 1: like some others this week, comes from Todd Henry's new
Speaker 1: book Daily Creative. In this guide, he shares three d
Speaker 1: sixty six tips to help creative people stay prolific, brilliant,
Speaker 1: and healthy. One of the tips is to use more
Speaker 1: of the hoop. Todd notes that his father has been
Speaker 1: a basketball coach for over forty years. One thing he
Speaker 1: taught Todd very early on is that when you put
Speaker 1: more arc on your shot, you increase the chances of
Speaker 1: making it. As Todd explains the physics, a shot with
Speaker 1: more arc approaches the rim from a higher angle, thus
Speaker 1: increasing the size of the opening that your ball can
Speaker 1: fall into. When your shot is flat with little arc,
Speaker 1: you are essentially shooting into an oval, and your technique
Speaker 1: has to be nearly perfect to succeed. In other words,
Speaker 1: more arc means more tolerance for mistakes. Todd explains in
Speaker 1: Daily Creative that the same principle applies to creative work.
Speaker 1: When you try to squeeze everything into a tight deadline
Speaker 1: that is like a flat shot. Everything has to go perfectly.
Speaker 1: But if you give yourself a little more flexibility, more
Speaker 1: space to adapt to things that come up, well, you
Speaker 1: are using more of the hoop. It's an intriguing metaphor.
Speaker 1: How can you build more tolerance for imperfection into your work?
Speaker 1: How can you make sure that even if your shot
Speaker 1: isn't perfect, it's got a reasonable chance of going in.
Speaker 1: Leaving space to come back to things is a good idea.
Speaker 1: Maybe getting feedback from people you admire, studying what's out
Speaker 1: there to make sure you know what can go wrong,
Speaker 1: talking to people before you pitch them stuff to make
Speaker 1: sure you understand exactly what they need, and any nuances
Speaker 1: of unspoken thoughts in the room. Use more of the hoop.
Speaker 1: It is hard to be perfect. When you put enough
Speaker 1: arc on your shot, you don't have to be You
Speaker 1: can still succeed In the meantime. This is Laura, Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
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