089 – Commitment Precedes Success: Overcoming the Twin Traps of Procrastination and Perfectionism



Are you constantly stuck in the dreaded cycle of \"someday I\'ll start my podcast\" or \"I need to make this song perfect before releasing it\"? Have you noticed how days turn into weeks, weeks into months, and suddenly years have passed while your creative projects remain in perpetual preparation? Perhaps you\'ve convinced yourself that your delays are about quality rather than fear, or that you\'re just waiting for the right moment to launch your creative vision. In this episode of Creativity Excitement Emotion, David cuts through the comfortable illusions that keep artists stuck in planning mode by confronting the twin traps of procrastination and perfectionism head-on. Drawing from his own struggles—including a commissioned painting he\'s delayed for years—he delivers the uncomfortable truth that \"commitment precedes success\" while offering a liberating alternative: you don\'t have to build everything from scratch. Whether you\'re a musician perfecting tracks that never see release, a

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