The 3 Phases of Creation: Play ~ Polish ~ Promote

​When doing any kind of creating -- writing blog posts, making videos, or outlining a course -- I recommend following these 3 phases, in order: 

Play 
Polish
Promote 

If we get stuck on the project, or it doesn’t make an impact, we’re probably skipping one of these phases.

Let me explain.(First, I’d like to give credit: the inspiration of this post came from Cal Newport’s podcast “Deep Questions” where he discussed his project framework: friction, flow, finalization. I’m reframing it here into someth...