From Perfectionism To Play: Getting Out of Your Own Way
About this episode
The episode explores how to overcome perfectionism and embrace creativity with guest Melissa Dinwiddie.
When pressure to be perfect kills your spark, how do you get momentum back? We sit down with creativity catalyst and author Melissa Dinwiddie to explore a simpler, braver path: process over product, micro experiments over massive bets, and empathy over information dumps. Melissa opens up about the decade she spent creatively stuck while making a living as an artist—proof that tying every act to revenue can strangle the joy that started it all. Her breakthrough came from embracing intentional ...
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Guest: Melissa Dinwiddie
Topics covered
- perfectionism
- creativity
- process over product
- micro experiments
- empathy
Keywords
- perfectionism
- creativity
- micro experiments
- empathy
- artistic process
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