7 Goals to Give Up to Be More Creative

When the only way to move forward means letting go

Photo via: “Les Pegas” by Gordon W. Gahan/Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Robinson

It’s tempting to think of improvement as constantly adding — applying a new insight, adding a new tool to our process, listening to more interviews — but there can be just as much value in reducing and letting go. Similarly, giving up often has a negative connotation — “Stick with it!” we say — but our tendency to…