"In order to be habitually creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative, but good planning along won't make your efforts successful; its only after you let go of your plans that you can breathe life into your efforts."
After reading this quote toward the beginning of Tharp's seventh chapter, I knew she was going to teach me a thing or two about myself. I tend to be a planner...I like to make plans, whether its for a birthday, an event or just an excuse to get together I am the planner. When ever my friends want to organize a get together, I am usually the one left to plan it. And while planning and organizing is all fine and dandy, reading Tharp's opinion on planning and over planning really left me thinking about whether or not I am an "over planner" or am I willing to see the chances for creativity as they come my way?
I like her idea that "creative endeavors can never be thoroughly mapped out ahead of time"...you have to allow for the "accidental spark." It was this phrase that I was really interested in. The thought of letting things at work be more losely planned to allow for easier transitions and changes was an eye opener. It seems so cut and dry....if you just prepare yourself for creativity, for observations and spur of the moment changes things that I would have never imagined could be incorporated to my daily tasks and projects at work. I love the thought that, "You don't get lucky without preparation, and there's no sense in being prepared if you're not open to the possibility of a glorious accident."
Well if thats the case, I am going to plan on being prepared.
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Great post, and as a project manager, I'm in the same camp. It can drive those around me crazy; however, my planning often is based on my intuition of what needs to be planned and what can go wrong.
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