Start More Than You Can Finish: A Creative Permission Slip to Unleash Your Best Ideas

"Starting is a skill. And like any other skill, it can be learned, practiced and mastered. When we do it right, we can go anywhere, start anything. We all need to start more. To imagine things and push the ignition switch to begin them. We need to start things that will take ten minutes and things that will take five years, and things we will never, ever finish. Because acting on our ideas is the best of who we are. Whether we finish them or not. Start More Than You Can Finish empowers readers to become stARTists: initiators with a bias for action and the courage to ignite our ideas. Mining the best habits of artists and entrepreneurs, this book introduces the concept of "startistry," or "stARTistry" (registered trademark). It spotlights the 4-step starting/changemaking process we all use subconsciously, and turns it on its ear to introduce a new way of thinking about starting: it empowers creatives to start right where they are, and to start MORE. Using digestible data, humorous and honest personal experience, interviews with fascinating stARTists, and assignments to help you get started, Start More Than You Can Finish challenges the tropes our dads, moms and 3rd grade teachers told us about finishing. Ultimately, the book proves that in today's world, we must, in fact, START MORE. Certainly more than we can finish"--
Master the art of the start with this new way of thinking, with exercises to help you unleash your ideas and create more.   In Start More Than You Can Finish, writer, artist, and entrepreneur Becky Blades offers a powerful new mindset for our modern world: acting on more ideas makes us happier – and reveals our highest creativity. She empowers readers to become "stARTists" – initiators with a bias for action and the courage to ignite ideas and introduces the concept of "stARTistry," spotlighting the 4-step starting process:   1. Imagine 2. Think 3. Decide 4. Act   Using digestible data, humorous and honest personal experience, interviews with artists and entrepreneurs, and assignments to help you get started, Start More Than You Can Finish challenges the tropes our dads, moms, and third-grade teachers told us about finishing. In today's world, we must, in fact, start more than we can finish.   FOR READERS OF: Start, Do Work That Matters, Show Your Work!, Do It For Yourself, and The Creative Curve   A BOOK FOR RISING CREATORS: A plucky non-fiction creative muse, Start More Than You Can Finish is a guilt-busting pep talk. It’s Austin Kleon meets Elizabeth Gilbert and Julia Cameron meets Daniel Pink.   AN INTRODUCTION TO stARTistry: Get familiar with power of creative initiative and the 4-step process that moves ideas from imagination to action. Reminiscent of NaNoWriMo (No Plot, No Problem) and Listography.   ESTABLISHED AUTHOR: Becky Blades speaks and teaches on the topic of creativity and has written articles for Oprah.com, McSweeney's, Live Happy, and others.   GIFT + SELF PURCHASE: An encouraging gift for a friend, family member, or colleague struggling with their creative confidence, or an empowering gift for yourself – to give you the tools to act on your ideas.   Perfect for: Fans of Austin Kleon, Elizabeth Gilbert, Julia Cameron, and Daniel Pink Creators struggling to begin a new project Recent graduates embarking on a career of entrepreneurship or the arts Artists and entrepreneurs looking to build creative courage Adults searching for creative inspiration People with passion projects in mind who might not know how to start