Master Your Creative Process— Become More Confident NAB Talk 2017

How can you gain more self confidence? Would having a creative formula or defined process help reduce the anxiety around being creative? How do you achieve a flow state? What is a flow state? How can I build greater self confidence?

This is a snippet of Chris Do's talk at NAB 2017— Post Production World "Cultivating Creative Confidence".

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00:08 You need to have a process and formula for your creativity
00:25 There is a link between competency and mastery, & self-confidence
00:30 Having a consistent repeatable process leads to predictable results
01:40 Teach your creative formula in order to master it.
02:00 Building your creative formula.
02:08 Q: Where do you feel the most stimulated and creative?
02:20 Q: How do you come up with ideas?
02:26 Q: How do you judge good ideas from bad ones?
02:59 Q: With whom do you feel the most creative around?
03:24 Q: What conditions were present when you are in your flow state?
03:57 Flow is an optimal state of consciousness
04:36 Story Time - Self doubt kills confidence
05:42 The benefits of teaching. Why I teach.
06:19 Teaching expands your growth

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Steven Kotler "Flow State"

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[kevinbishop_]

"I forgot what it is that I knew". That line resonated me with me so much. And I have to thank you since discovering The Futur at the beginning of this year, it's awakened me from a 'design coma'. I have a reinvigorated hunger for learning as much and consuming as much as I can. I feel my arsenal is getting stronger each week I learn and I just need to get my folio up to the standard I believe I can get get it too and then I'll be well equipped for my own future. Thank you.

[vincentdn]

Something that works for me: Whenever you see an inspiration, don't just save it to a folder. Download the image and tag it accordingly: feeling, emotion, theme, colour, composition. Write down the tags in a notebook. At the end of the day, try to reverse-study by reading the tags again and calling up the image in your head. Now you have studied a response where your mind will pull up these inspiring images you saw once when hearing the keywords again.

This will help you greatly with the free association brainstorm needed for concepting. Let me know if it works for you aswell!

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[PinkiL]

I am very thankful to have come across this talk. I have been in the burnout and self-doubt stage for so long that every day I feel more outdated and invalid in my industry. Sometimes I question why anyone will still want to hire me for a job. When Chris said "I forgot what it is that I knew" made me realize that I am not invalid or being an imposter but I just forgot the value people saw in me and my work.

[ImGirishUnde]

If you want to understand your creative process "Teach it to somebody!" Interesting idea Chris! It applies in every work. Thanks.

[MrPelikan]

May 2021 ... 1:47 *TEACH* ... - thats *OLD BUT GOLD* ... thanks for the reminder ...
when i was a paid tutor to junior students in same course ... thats when i learnt if i really knew my stuff ...
GAIN CLARITY THROUGH ARTICULATION ... (recent video)

[SlobboVideo]

That Brain Food tips! Man, Thank You Sooo Much!! I've been searching night and days for this kind of music and I just found lots of em thanks to you, THANK YOU!

You ROCK!

[loss]

Chris your a BOSS for ending it the way you did! You left me wanting morning

[RRRRMorales]

Very helpful, specially to know that if you're not being the most productive, you have to take a step away and find your way back again.

Thank you for sharing.

[stacyhampton]

Yes! Definitely need to have a process. If I don't have some form of process, I will be all over the place.

[YoungHumanClub]

I've been a professional kitesurfer, professional online poker player, both top 10 in the world... Now I'm trying to do the same on youtube and as an entrepreneur. It's the process that gets the best results...

This advice is sooo good!

I love your work, Chris! I've learned so much that I can apply in my entrepreneurship. Especially your video about pricing was so good to for me!

[johannesscheitel]

nailed it teacher Chris,

best wishes to you and whole blind family.

[RonaldSurya]

Thank you for sharing this! I can see why you're such a natural teacher across your channel

[warhorseman]

This was beautiful Chris. You have always stressed on the process. In all kinds of portfolio critiques and even in other topics. I forced myself to develop a steady process and that has worked very well for me. Anyone who notices my Instagram comments on how I have a nice process and good sketches. I still doubt myself often but the process pulls me through. Thank you for that. 😊

[tonyhowardpro]

Wonderful! an essential part of my process is listening to your podcast over Peet's Coffee first thing in the am while I check emails and follow up on leads. Thanks so much for these.

[pinkpinsofpain]

I'm in a different field and this 7 min. talk was very helpful! Thank you

[kentvandervelden]

Wonderful video. Idea for future video: How did Chris Do stop aging? He's timeless.

[quarshcreative]

I needed this info!

I think sharing a tangible case study or example of a real designer's process would be awesome Chris!

[annagiersz]

Fantastic talk. Thank you for inspiring me and giving me more stamina to work! My morning routine is coffee, sketchbook and videos from the Futur.

[waleedarkanji]

Hey Chris, thank you so much for this. What really touched me is when you said "I forgot what it is that I knew" It came at the perfect timing for me, so I really appreciate it and thanks for all the great work you and the awesome team does everyday everywhere ^^,

[muchavvir]

I'm an independent contractor and I have got a pretty intimidating meeting tomorrow with a room full of corporate representatives, waiting eagerly to tear my proposal, tear my rationale and tear me apart. If I somehow pull through and survive tomorrow, I'll know which video to thank.