We're literally in the middle of what I'm calling The Great Adult Creativity Recession, and its impact runs deeper than what you see at the surface level.

Here's what's really happening: Society, and the demands of adulting, has convinced us to trade our creative power for predictable productivity.

We've replaced "what if?" with "what's the ROI?"

We've swapped innovation for imitation.

The result? An actual ideas desert where genuine breakthroughs have been replaced by an endless stream of safe, recycled concepts.

But the truly devastating part: Those transformational ideas you've been keeping hoarding to yourself? The ones you've dismissed as too bold, too different, too risky? They might hold the exact solutions our world desperately needs right now.

We have to execute our ideas.

I've written an unflinching analysis of how we landed in this creativity crisis and mapped out a clear path forward. This isn't just another think piece – it's a wake-up call and a practical roadmap for rediscovering your creative potential.

​Read the full essay here.

We have to give ourselves the permission, and have the audacity, to never stop dreaming, ideating and executing our ideas until the world in front of us is our vision, actualized.

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If we get straight to the heart of it: most of us don't have an ideas problem.

We have hundreds of them. Brilliant ones. World-changing ones. The kind that keep us up at night with their potential.

What we have is a permission problem.

We're waiting for permission. Permission we're never going to get.

Permission to be imperfect.

Permission to not know everything.

Permission to make something that might actually not work.

Permission to take up space with our half-formed ideas and messy first attempts.

Permission to make something that's not revolutionary – yet.

And here's the irony – we're waiting for this permission from ourselves.

Here's the truth: The world doesn't need more idea collectors. It needs you – the real you, the messy you, the you that's willing to start before you're ready.

Take the first step and do the 10-minute terrible first try.

To further build out your idea after you take this first step, join me and other idea partners for the next ​Concept Catalyst Idea Development Sprint.

We have to give ourselves the permission, and have the audacity, to never stop dreaming, ideating and executing our ideas until the world in front of us is our vision, actualized.

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The truth is, most of us are allergic to structure. We see it as the boring part, the creativity-killer, the thing that turns our exciting ideas into monotonous to-do lists.

But here's what I know to be a 100% truth: Structure isn't the enemy of creativity – it's actually creativity's best friend.

Try the 5-5-5 Method to breakthrough implementation fear.

When you have an idea selected from your visioning work that you're ready to build out, join me for ​the next Concept Catalyst Sprint​ - 30 days of ideation, concepting and implementation planning.

We have to give ourselves the permission, and have the audacity, to never stop dreaming, ideating and executing our ideas until the world in front of us is our vision, actualized.

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Our culture has sold us a dangerous lie: Success is a mathematical equation of money + status + possessions = happiness.

But the data tells a different story.

It's time we design our lives around our values, a new (our own) definition of success, and what impact we want to make.

And to be honest - it takes a lot of courage to walk away from societal norms and carve our own paths, but that's a decision you will have to make for yourself.

The Personal Success Audit helps you survey your life and create your own definition of success.

We dig deeper into this work inside the Purpose Prototype Retreat.

We have to give ourselves the permission, and have the audacity, to never stop dreaming, ideating and executing our ideas until the world in front of us is our vision, actualized.

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From Make-Believe to Must Achieve: How Adulting Killed Our Creativity (And Our Ideas) Essay is a resounding wake-up call making people everywhere question everything – and finally take action on executing the ideas that matter.

We are in what I’m calling The Great Adult Creativity Recession. This essay explores how creativity becomes collateral damage entering adulthood - as the celebration of spontaneous creativity (what if?) is replaced by the demands of productivity and performance (what’s the ROI) - and how we get it back. The path for meaningful change starts here.

This episode of The Visionist is an audio summary of the entire essay, brought to you by NotebookLM.

You can read and follow along with the text version of the essay at www.thecreativityessay.com.

We have to give ourselves the permission, and have the audacity, to never stop dreaming, ideating and executing our ideas until the world in front of us is our vision, actualized.

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Do you ever catch yourself saying "I don't have time to work on my ideas"...yet you have plenty of time to mindlessly scroll through social media for the third time today? (Yes. I'm calling you out)

Those quick hits from TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter are addictively comforting. They feel productive – because you're "staying informed" and "keeping up with trends," right?

But here's the uncomfortable truth: every minute spent consuming other people's content is a minute stolen from creating your own legacy.

This episode gives you 3 ways to reclaim your creative time so you can spend your time working on things that will help you actualize your vision for your life.

We have to give ourselves the permission, and have the audacity, to never stop dreaming, ideating and executing our ideas until the world in front of us is our vision, actualized.

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Some of the most successful and fulfilled business owners I know run companies that are deliberately kept small. They're making great money, loving their work, and guess what - they have time to actually enjoy their lives.

The pressure to constantly scale is built on a false premise: that bigger always equals better.

But what if your "better" looks different?

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