JONATHAN FIELDS is the author of the book “Uncertainty. Turning fear and doubt into fuel for brilliance.” It’s an important book for creative people because it addresses head-on a creative issue that has come up in almost every interview I’ve done on the Ideasicle podcast. David Baldwin talked about it, Tom Monahan talked about it, Seth Schulman talked about it, Jon Steel talked about it, Dr. Synthia Andrews talked about it. And that is, fear. Fear and uncertainty are creativity’s kryptonite. And Jonathan is going to not only help us all navigate it, but perform a near-jujitsu move to harness it.

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SHOW NOTES:

1. ➡We begin at Jonathan's first leap into uncertainty and how his initial reluctance to take that leap landed him in the hospital.
   

2. ➡He talks about how the reactions of people around you can affect your ability to face the uncertainty.
   

3. ➡The "three horsemen of uncertainty" and how to manage them.
   

4. ➡Great bit about how ritual and certainty anchors can help creative people manage their uncertainty. Think Nomar Garcioparra...
   

5. ➡The cerebral cortex plays a major role in all this. But Jonathan talks about how well planned bursts of creativity can help you keep from depleting the precious resources stored in the cerebral cortex.
   

6. ➡Do ideas come from the outside or from the inside the body? Love this part.
   

7. ➡We talk a lot about "Attention Training," which is a catch-all for all forms of meditation. Important section because meditation can help our creativity and cognitive function.
   

8. ➡We talk about "luck," or our perception of lucky people and how luck might actually be a state of mind. Incredible study noted in this section with amazing results.
   

9. ➡We end with a discussion about exercise and how it can help your creativity, but it's not for the reason you might think.
   

BIO:

Jonathan Fields is a dad, husband, New Yorker, author and speaker, serial wellness-industry entrepreneur, recovering S.E.C./mega-firm hedge-fund lawyer,slightly-warped, unusually-stretchy, spiritually-inclined, obsessed with creation, marketing and innovation consultant, venture partner and book-marketing educator.

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