What do you know when you're having trouble executing or when your passion just isn't quite there? You sit down and get to work. Side projects are a great way to help you get unstuck, and you never know, they can often be much more.

1. What now? Side Projects!
Staying motivated when your passion (or lack thereof)
has you feeling stuck.
D. Keith Robinson
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D. Keith Robinson
Principal Product Designer, Salesforce
@dkr / dkeithrobinson.com / about.me/dkeith

3. “Can’t never did anything.”
- Mom

4. “Dammed if you do, bored if
you don’t.”
- Me

7. Give up?

8. Fork and Follow?

9. “If I lock myself in to a single job, title or
hobby, that drastically narrows my view and
could prevent me from eventually finding new
passions, new adventures, new challenges.”
- Cap Watkins
From: http://blog.capwatkins.com/sticking-a-fork-in-passion

10. Do what you love meets love
the one you’re with.

11. Try a side project.
Austin Kleon: Steal Like an Artist

12. Why side projects?

13. STAY CALM
AND
!
DO WHATEVER
YOU WANT.

14. Consensus is for losers.

15. Get unstuck.

16. Action begets action.

17. ACTION. Not Reaction.

18. dangerismyfirstname.com

19. A rabbit hole for ideas.

20. We all love to learn.

21. Shoshin
(BEGINNER’S MIND)
More thoughts: Beginner's Mind

22. “In the beginner’s mind there are
many possibilities, in the expert’s
mind there are few.”
- Shunryu Suzuki
From: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

23. There is something special
about making something for
yourself.

26. And…
you never know.

27. Shadelight.
Illustrations by Don Aguillo

28. Don’t be afraid of letting your
darlings die.
It’s better than you might think.

29. How?

30. Start with a question.
(See what I did there?)

32. “Asking questions is at the heart of
collaboration, more so than any
project management software or
process. And if you want to truly
collaborate, I’ve found you need to
allow yourself to be someone
without the answers.”
- Jason Santa Maria
From: https://the-pastry-box-project.net/jason-santa-maria/2014-march-15

33. If you had all the time and
resources in the world, what
would you do with them?

34. Make a list.

35. Take a class.

37. Help out.
Partner up.

38. Passions + Interests

40. I’ll buy. You’ll drink. We’ll chat.

41. Try a side project.
Until you find your white room.
Elle Luna: The Crossroads of Should and Must

42. THANK YOU
D. Keith Robinson / @dkr
dkeithrobinson.com / dangerismyfirstname.com
the-mason-jar.com / about.me/dkeith
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