MiloMc

Perfectionism Is Not An End Of Level Boss - audio version

I don’t know about you, but I tend to hold myself to high standards, and often fall short of them. I want to practice positive habits every day and am pleased when I manage it for a reasonable stretch. But not accepting that I am human, and flawed, and will inevitably fall short of my own ideals – that’s perfectionism, and it’s counter-productive to happiness. Read the full text version here: http://www.clearmindedcreative.com/perfectionism-is-not-an-end-of-level-boss/

#039 -Should we give our creative work away for free? With special guest Gilliom Werner Claessens

My guest today is illustrator Gilliom Werner Claessens, who has a few thoughts on where I'm going wrong with my recently launched Patreon campaign, including the fact that I will be limiting these podcasts to patrons only. Gilliom also has some interesting info about what we can expect from their recent $15m round of funding, and we discuss the difficulty of attracting those elusive 1000 true fans. Check out Gilliom's (aka Monsieur Bandit's) Daily Doodles: https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/monsieur%20bandit's%20daily%20doodles My Patreon campaign which you can still support: http://www.patreon.com/milomc And Matthew Bogart, also on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/matthewbogart

38 - Update on Patreon

Today's podcast WAS exclusive to patrons but is now public because my Patreon campaign was cancelled. At the moment that is a *very* exclusive club with only 7 of you lovely people signed up. Will I reach my goal of $50 by the end of the month? Have I gone about this all wrong? Does anyone care? All these questions will be raised during this podcast, but possibly not answered.

#37 - Going With The Flow - Getting Drunk in the Name of Daoism

As my literary guinea pig experiment for Canongate Books draws to a close, the days begin to merge into one thanks to the addition of alcohol. But I have an excuse, as alcohol is mentioned by Edward Slingerland as one possible path to 'wu-wei' and 'de' when considering the perspective of Zhuangzi, our final philosopher (and a Daoist). p.s. if you're in the US, you can tune into my interview with Gregory Berg at Radio Enso tonight (Monday, June 23rd) at 6 p.m. Pacific/9 Eastern: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/radioenso/2014/06/24/radio-enso-131-with-milo-mclaughlin-of-clear-minded-creative Support this podcast at Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/milomc

#36 Try, But Not Too Hard (Mencius on cultivating moral sprouts)

In the penultimate podcast about applying ancient Chinese philosophy to modern life (via Edward Slingerland's book Trying Not to Try) I report back on my attempts to be free of "artificial" desires on Day 3 and then how I cultivated my moral sprouts on Day 4. Please support this podcast and my other creative work at Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/milomc