Wizards, Lawnmowers, and Hovercrafts

Creativity. Perspective. People, Products, and Products. Mash em together with magic and get real life, practical advice.

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1. wizards
   lawnmowers
   hovercrafts
   with jack mcdade
   

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2. @Jackmcdade
   

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5. i design and
   build stuff.
   

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6. yes, i'm a
   designer & developer
   

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7. Laracon
   

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8. statamic
   

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9. We are
   WilDerborN
   

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10. so that’s me.
    onwards!
    

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12. act 1
    creativity
    

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13. full service marketing agency?
    

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14. creative technical
    

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15. creativity = resource
    

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16. = skill
    technical
    ability
    

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17. do you make things? or stuff?
    

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18. then You (yes you) Are
    creative.
    

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19. Creativity is…
    

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20. our brains doing
    what they do.
    — scientific fact
    

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21. Creativity is a
    renewable resource.
    

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22. but it can run dry.
    

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23. burn out.
    

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24. depression.
    

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25. youtube comments.
    

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26. programming is a lot like
    storywriting
    

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27. brandon sanderson
    

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28. writeaboutdragons.com
    

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29. coding + Writing
    flex exact same muscles.
    

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30. creativity is your
    mana
    61 hours 19 bugs
    Launch Week
    15
    65
    

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33. managing your
    creative
    mana pool
    

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34. with
    task pairing
    

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35. coding + Writing
    regen 0%
    

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36. this is why writing
    documentation sucks.
    

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37. coding + design
    regen +25%
    

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38. coding + photography
    regen +75%
    

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39. coding + lawn mowing
    regen +250%
    

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40. find your
    contrast
    

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41. refilling your
    creative
    mana pool
    

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42. disengage.
    

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43. Change
    perspectives.
    

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44. re-engage your brain
    elsewhere.
    

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49. you must allow yourself
    to escape
    

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50. act 2
    perspective
    

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51. back to the
    writing analogy.
    

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52. few things inspire change like
    perspective
    

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53. learn from
    masters
    

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54. 18
    King
    since 2005…
    2
    Martin
    20
    sanderson
    

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55. “How the f— do you write
    so many books so fast?”
    “I work 3-4 hours every day,
    and I try to get 6 pages done,
    and get them fairly clean.”
    George r.r.
    Martin
    steven king
    

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56. “You don’t ever have a day when you sit
    down there and it’s like constipation – you
    write a sentence and you hate the sentence,
    and you check your email and you wonder
    if you had any talent after all and maybe
    you should have been a plumber?
    Don’t you have days like that?”
    George r.r.
    Martin
    steven king
    

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57. No.
    George r.r.
    Martin
    steven king
    

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58. storytime!
    it’s
    

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59. The
    hovercraft
    

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60. Nasa-class
    phoenix az3
    hovercraft
    

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62. don't cling so hard
    you become a fool.
    

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63. act 3
    People, process,
    and product
    

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64. (the practical advice part)
    

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65. People
    

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66. always assume there’s
    another side
    To the story.
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67. don't be defensive.
    listen.
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68. don’t
    gossip
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69. treat others how
    you want to be treated
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70. culture change can be
    middle out
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71. Process
    

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72. 6
    failure is an
    event
    not a person.
    

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73. 7
    if you're stuck
    change perspectives.
    

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74. 8
    if you can't decide…
    nudge the donkey.
    

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76. 9
    be realistic
    pace yourself
    

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77. product
    

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78. 10
    present
    Truth
    

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79. superlatives
    &Hyperbole
    Avoid
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82. like a customer.
    actually use it
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83. the
    tl;dr
    

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84. be kind
    

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85. tell the
    truth
    

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86. look for new
    perspectives
    

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87. this isn’t me.
    

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88. fin
    

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89. Stranger Things
    https://netflix.com/strangerthings
    Brandon Sanderson & creative muscle flexing
    http://bit.ly/2azYCm7
    Steven King & George R.R. Martin Interview
    http://bit.ly/28QY2Lg
    Burden’s Ass (Nudge My Donkey)
    http://bit.ly/2ayOd8F
    links
    

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