How to use the beginners mindset in your creative work?

Have you ever questioned the real value of conventional thinking and always being right? It’s so easy to templatize the work we do and settle into a comfort zone. When was the last time you approached your work with a child-like wonder and excitement?

On this episode, we seek to topple the tyranny of always being right, being certain, and thinking conventionally, and instead explore what we can gain by chasing new possibilities, imagination, and the freedom to be… a beginner again.

We hear from education entrepreneur and former urban designer Saba Ghole, whose own education journey has led her to rethink and rebuild how we can teach young people. She cofounded NuVu Studio, creating an educational space for imagination and innovation to help build creative, critical thinkers and problem solvers.

Writer and researcher Molly Donovan dives into the messiness that is growing up, learning to judge and chasing being right. She explores how we can start dismantling that need and instead chase the next messy rep, the possibility of something new, different, and maybe, the beginning of something else.

So how do we, with past experiences and habits, with routines and outside pressure, summon the beginner’s mindset on demand? How can we build in some sense of possibility and curiosity into our already busy days? And how can we use the beginner’s mindset to create work that is thoughtful, innovative, and imaginative?

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