Recently, I enjoyed a conversation with my friend Art Lieberman (@artFling). He is a middle school teacher in Texas and author of several books including The Art of Focus and The Art of Motivation.
I'm sharing a recording of this conversation for you to enjoy. It's a blogcast. It's kind of a mix of a blogpost and a podcast.
Art and I talked about how he became an author and why passion projects can be helpful for teachers. You can listen to the entire conversation embedded below, and I also included highlights and key takeaways in my notes below.
Notes
Twitter allowed Art and I to connect and eventually collaborate on a project. He helped edit my new book Future Driven.
Art credits his increase in productivity to changes in his diet and exercise habits. When he made these changes, he had more energy to devote to things outside the school day, like passion projects.
One of the changes was adding green smoothies to his diet. He explains how he makes them and why they make such a difference. They are much better than taking vitamins.
Art wanted to do more writing and so he started blogging.
Blogging is a great way to share, connect, and grow.
As he wrote more blog posts, Art realized with the amount of writing he had produced, he could've written a book.
Blogging helped Art practice his writing so he was ready to take on a bigger passion project, writing a book.
Passion projects can sometimes also be extra sources of income, but sometimes they are just for the love of the experience.
Being creative is good for us. Everyone has the ability to create. Everyone has gifts. When you use these gifts more fully, it actually helps you have more energy. It helps you be more productive.
Your passion project may be related to education, or it may not relate directly. However, a passion project can make you a better educator too. It's one way educators can model lifelong learning.
And finally, don't wait to start that passion project you want to do. There will never be enough time. You have to make time to do what's important to you.
Are you working on a passion project or thinking about starting one? Leave a comment below or respond on Facebook or Twitter. I would like to hear from you.
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