The Key to Creative Work Is Knowing When to Walk Away

The discipline to stop is just as important as sitting down each day to start

Michael Thompson
Forge
Published in
2 min readAug 29, 2019

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TThere is a moment in the Netflix documentary series Abstract that’s stayed with me: Illustrator Christoph Niemann is hard at work when he notices that it’s 6 p.m. Without hesitation, he stops what he’s doing, grabs his jacket, and leaves the…

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Michael Thompson
Forge
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