by Matthew Rehrl MD, MS | Oct 30, 2022 | Podcast
The other day I listened to one of my favorite podcasts—one that unfortunately had a bad guest. What do I mean by a bad guest? In this case I mean one who speaks in platitudes without relaying any useful, interesting or actionable content i.e. feel-good jibber-jabber....
by Matthew Rehrl MD, MS | Oct 29, 2022 | Photography, Writing
In photography, if you want to find your voice then you focus on mastering the tools of the craft. This takes time, patience, curiosity and volume. I suspect the same goes for writing.
by Matthew Rehrl MD, MS | Oct 28, 2022 | Creativity
One thing I’ve observed in my recent photography class: in a group of people who don’t know each other well, most people need permission to be creative. When a photography assignment is given a set of certain restraints or rules, if just one person goes to the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD, MS | Oct 27, 2022 | Creativity
Chaos doesn’t necessarily lead to creativity, or to something “better.” Random solutions rarely are effective for problem solving —and much of creativity is problem solving. In practice what this means is when we increase chaos we increase the number...
by Matthew Rehrl MD, MS | Oct 26, 2022 | Writing
I like to divide my creative life into four domains: creativity, marketing, developing relationships, and thinking. Usually, in a given week, my percentages look like this: Create: 10%Marketing: 30%Relationships: 5%Thinking: 55% (Unfortunately, by Marketing, I am...
