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Work Through The Suck

Tue 15 Jul 02008 04:36 PM
Creativity
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Ira Glass is host and executive producer on This American Life. In this video, he talks about working through the suck, using himself as an example.

Choice quote (approximate):

All of us who do creative work get into it because we have good taste … but there’s a gap, so for the first couple of years you’re making this stuff and it’s really not that good … but your taste is still killer, and it’s so good that you can tell that what you’re making is a disappointment to you. A lot of people never get past that phase; a lot of people at that point, they quit.

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David Endelman wrote at 11:26 PM on 20 Jul 2008

The Ira Glass video is great! I think it is something creative people can relate to. Thanks for posting it!

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