Helping overwhelmed creatives turn overthinking into expert thinking. 3 useful things every Thursday to gain clarity, get more done, and feel great about it.
Almost eaten by the bear — Hold That Thought
Every Thursday I share three useful links to help you turn your overthinking into expert thinking. Here are this week’s picks:
- This is the part where… you click for two storytelling concepts that help you make sense of challenging situations — from my first blog post at witten.kim/blog, recently shortened and updated
- The first draft is always perfect – from sketchplanations
- The minimum viable backstory is a neat concept to help us when we might be overthinking (and over-verbalizing) our stories:
Post by Wes Kao on LinkedIn
All this exploration of story reminds me of a narrative class I took in grad school. We spend weeks studying the prize-winning short story “The Dinosaur” by Augusto Monterroso. It goes:
Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí.
(When he woke up, the dinosaur was still there.)
That's it. That's the story. It has all the necessary parts. And now you can say you've read a short story from Spanish literature, too.
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Hello! My name is Kim Witten and I’ve spent four decades overthinking absolutely everything. I’ve turned this ability into a superpower to get stuff done and now my mission is to help others do the same. Click on my picture to read more about my journey.
Hold That Thought
from Kim Witten, PhD
Helping overwhelmed creatives turn overthinking into expert thinking. 3 useful things every Thursday to gain clarity, get more done, and feel great about it.
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