The Coach's Guide to Completing Creative Work

The Coach's Guide to Completing Creative Work

by Eric Maisel, Lynda Monk
Released June 2023
Publisher(s): Routledge
ISBN: 9781000893380

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Book description

This book brings together 40 creativity coaches from around the world to offer coaches, therapists, creatives, and clients accessible and practical tools to get their creative work done.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Co-Editor’s Introduction
  9. 1 Why Completing Creative Work Is So Darn Hard
  10. 2 The Stories We Tell Ourselves
  11. 3 Failure Is an Option
  12. 4 How Creative Rituals Help Get Things Done
  13. 5 The Joy of Completion
  14. 6 Spotlight Your Intentions
  15. 7 How an Accountability Partner Helped Me Finish My Book
  16. 8 Completion: Journey or Destination?
  17. 9 Three Steps to Perseverance
  18. 10 A Mindful Approach to Completing Creative Work
  19. 11 Planting Your Work
  20. 12 Use Performance to Encourage Completion
  21. 13 How Community Can Help Solitary Creatives Finish
  22. 14 The Value of Support
  23. 15 Shaping Routines That Work
  24. 16 Moving from Self-Doubt into Self-Leadership
  25. 17 How Grace, Gratitude and Generosity Can Help Us Find the Path Forward
  26. 18 The Power of a Secular Shabbat Practice
  27. 19 When the End Is Near: Creative Finishing
  28. 20 Three Steps to Permanently Stop Procrastination
  29. 21 Actually, You Do Have Time for Completing Your Creative Projects
  30. 22 Finding a Kinder Way to Let Go
  31. 23 A Creative Structure for Completion
  32. 24 The Quest(ions) to Completion: Lessons in Following Your Bliss
  33. 25 How Pietro Used Discipline and Self-imposed Constraints to Complete His Artistic Project
  34. 26 Working From the Inside Out
  35. 27 Finishing Paintings
  36. 28 How to Get There From Here: Using Task Blocks to Complete Your Book
  37. 29 Finishing by Design
  38. 30 Factoring In the Impact of Your Creative Work
  39. 31 Timely Completing via Right Thinking
  40. 32 Mind Yourself
  41. 33 The Show Must Go On: So Must the Process
  42. 34 How to Stay When You Feel Like Bailing
  43. 35 Neuronal Energy Shot: Using Guided Imagery to Activate Performance Energy
  44. 36 Timely Completing Using Your Existential Intelligence
  45. 37 Encouraging Motivation During the Final Stages
  46. 38 Creative Mental Fitness
  47. 39 Sylvia and Her One Thing
  48. 40 Journaling for Completion
  49. Co-Editor’s Conclusion: 12 Tips for Completing Your Creative Projects
  50. Index

Product information

  • Title: The Coach's Guide to Completing Creative Work
  • Author(s): Eric Maisel, Lynda Monk
  • Release date: June 2023
  • Publisher(s): Routledge
  • ISBN: 9781000893380