'Recognizing that you are not in control doesn’t mean there’s no control at all or zero planning,' writes Russ Roberts (EconTalker)
It means trusting the opportunity to adjust the plan or journey to the new information that you learn as you go through the experience. It’s like when you go into a skid on an icy road. Your natural reaction is to reclaim control of the car and turn the wheel back toward where you want to go or hit the brakes hard. But those actions usually make the skid worse.
Living like an artist means being open to discovery about the world and about yourself. As educator Lorne Buchman explores in his book, poets, sculptors, novelists, and composers learn about what they are crafting in the process of crafting it. They don’t start with an algorithm unless you consider “remove all the marble that isn’t David” an algorithm for Michelangelo. Or “pick the right note that belongs after the ones that came before” as Beethoven seems to have proceeded.
One practical aspect of living like an artist ties in with optionality. One of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever heard is the importance of saying no. If you’re not careful, you’ll find yourself bogged down by too many commitments, wasting time on trivial tasks and failing to achieve what you care most about. You won’t be able to realize your plans—you’re always getting sidetracked.
Most of my proudest accomplishments came from saying yes to things that at first glance didn’t seem to fit into who I was or my preexisting plan. Some of the most unforgettable conversations I’ve had in my life came when I was just there to listen, when I didn’t have a plan on what I was going to accomplish in the conversation.
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