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Verbing Your Noun
You can do stuff or make stuff. Pick one.
Last Saturday, I had the second in my series of talks with Matt Labarge. He’s going to be a recurring guest on my podcast for a few reasons, not the least of which is he’s a fun guy to talk with. During our conversation, I mentioned a character from my old podcast named Oliver Townes. Oliver came about because of the explosion of self-help and productivity books that has happened in recent years. For my part, I read all the books in this genre that I could for almost two years to research this character. And while there are a lot of cruel jokes and roasts I could make about all of those so-called experts, that’s not what this podcast is about. This podcast is about getting you set towards True North from a creative standpoint with the knowledge and wisdom that comes from practice, not theory. So, I have something to say about “Productivity.”
As the saying goes, I don’t know who needs to hear this, but the root word of productivity is PRODUCE. I KNOW, RIGHT? I mean, this shouldn’t be rocket science, but we lost that part somewhere and the guru books don’t help. Especially if you’re riddled with self-doubt and ADD not unlike the host of this here poddlement.
Generally, here’s the scenario: You and I know that if we don’t write it down, it generally doesn’t happen. If it’s not in the calendar…
