Isolate signal from noise in your creative work
Learn to isolate signal from noise in your creative work
Creative work doesn’t have to feel mysterious.
There are reliable ways to navigate it.
This short guide focuses on one problem many people run into while working:
mixing up signal and noise.
When signal and noise get mixed together, people change direction for reasons that have nothing to do with how the work is actually going.
This often shows up as:
- Second-guessing choices already made
- Comparing your work to other people’s work mid-process
- Restarting projects that were progressing fine
- Over-rationalizing simple creative decisions
- Never feeling finished or satisfied
Why this happens.
Two different kinds of information are being treated as the same thing.
- Signal is information that changes because the work has changed.
- Noise is information that changes even when the work has not.
When they get confused, outside input starts steering decisions before the work itself has had a chance to.
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A short, practical guide for recognizing signal and noise in your creative work.