BIP Day 21: Why the Russian doll concept will help you build your next creative project
Create something so small you have no excuse but to start today
Today’s newsletter has two topics.
1. Article - Why the Russian doll concept will help you build your next creative project
2. Build in public update Day 21
Why the Russian doll concept will help you build your next creative project
Russian dolls are a series of doll-shaped containers that all contain more dolls. Open one and a smaller one is found inside with an identical design.
Your creative projects are no different.
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲.
No time to write a book? Write an article.
No time for an article? Write a social media post.
Don't believe me?
The Tipping Point started as an article.
So did the Gentle Art of Not Giving A F*$%
Both books sold millions of copies.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼.
A feature film is 2 hours and costly to produce.
A 20-minute short can cover the same idea in a smaller space.
Some films have even started as YouTube synopsis in 5 minutes.
𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀?
You can scale back to a side hustle.
Scale back even further to selling one widget or service to one person.
No matter what you want to create, a smaller whole version is available to you.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲?
Build in public update Day 21
Today’s update will be short.
I decided which topics would go in the storytelling bonus in my Atomic Courses Blueprint and found examples to use in the bonus. I’ll look for another set of examples tomorrow.
After that, I’ll begin writing the bonus.
The finish line is getting every closer.