I talked about this yesterday, but listening to a podcast with Mike Rowe was truly entertaining, and just hit me on so many level. That’s why I had to talk about another big take away I got from that podcast. Mike Rowe was all about being genuine, and one of the things he said was that getting things right in the first take was the best way to get a really genuine take on things. One of the things he strives to do is just to do a single take when he does his show Dirty Jobs? why you might ask? Well, according to Mike, you do something 3, 5, 10 times to get exactly what you are looking for, the right works, the right tone, the correct cadence… or you can get the “real” take by just filming it once and going with it.
now, the reason this stuck with me, is that I often look at my writing in exactly the same way. I am notorious for replaying things in my head, over and over to figure out the best way to say something, avoid conflict, or keep the peace. When I sit down to blog about about, for the most part, it’s just me sitting in front of my keyboard with very little editing. Please don’t be offended, I do try to spell check and correct obvious errors, but in general, when I write these posts, it’s me uncensored. It helps make this blog something for me and for you. I hope you can learn something, either about business, SAP, or life in general from my mistakes. If I sit back, and carefully edit myself, I might be inclined to make myself look a little better, or a little worse than I am really am to make the story better. Instead, you get the ideas as they roll off my fingers. Because of that, I totally relate to the unscripted… I typically sit down, and have an idea for my topic… and then I just start typing. Sometimes I have to change the title, because my thoughts took me in a totally different place.
My advice to you, appreciate the honesty of a single take. It’s easy to look at the flaws, or be nitpicky, but at the end of the day, when you live by the “one take” rule, you will get a far more honest view. (Now, you can’t wing everything, so don’t walk into a huge meeting with no preparation. But when it comes to creativity, just let it flow).
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