{"id":339135,"date":"2017-04-24T23:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1479787"},"modified":"2017-04-24T23:00:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T15:00:53","slug":"behance-founder-on-maximizing-creative-output-and-using-constraints-to-boost-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/behance-founder-on-maximizing-creative-output-and-using-constraints-to-boost-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Behance founder on maximizing creative output and using constraints to boost productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\"><span class=\"embed-youtube c5\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player c4\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/449ePB5Hfz8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/scott-belsky#\/entity\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Belsky<\/a> is the co-founder of Behance and investor at Benchmark Capital. In this episode, we discuss how to maximize your creative output, how constraints can \u2013 and should \u2013 be used to boost productivity, and the patterns most seen in successful businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Your grandiose vision for the next startup isn\u2019t enough to keep you motivated. Humans are hardwired for short-term rewards. Belsky says the key to overcoming getting lost in the middle is to hack yourself and your team by creating self-imposed constraints and milestones to keep the ball rolling.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not possible to be the best at everything, despite what you may think. Belsky explains the importance of figuring out what your strengths and weaknesses are to better understand where you should be putting your focus. \u201cDecide what you\u2019re willing to be bad at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erondu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jared Erondu<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ghoshal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bobby Ghoshal<\/a> are the hosts of High Resolution. This post and episode notes were put together by freelance writer,<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gannonburgett\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Gannon Burgett<\/em><\/a><em>. Watch for<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/highresolution.design\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>High Resolution<\/em><\/a> <em>episodes to drop every Monday on TechCrunch at 8 a.m. PT. You can also listen on<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/tc-highres-itunes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>iTunes<\/em><\/a> <em>and<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/tc-highres-overcastfm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Overcast<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/techcrunchimageep11.png?w=680\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/techcrunchimageep11.png?w=680 680w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/techcrunchimageep11.png?w=150 150w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/techcrunchimageep11.png?w=300 300w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/techcrunchimageep11.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/techcrunchimageep11.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/>&nbsp;Scott Belsky is the co-founder of Behance and investor at Benchmark Capital. In this episode, we discuss how to maximize your creative output, how constraints can &#8211; and should &#8211; be used to boost productivity, and the patterns most seen in successful businesses. <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/04\/24\/behance-founder-on-maximizing-creative-output-and-using-constraints-to-boost-productivity\/?ncid=rss\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=e4qQPUZgfDM:zJkRxx9txsI:2mJPEYqXBVI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=e4qQPUZgfDM:zJkRxx9txsI:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=e4qQPUZgfDM:zJkRxx9txsI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=e4qQPUZgfDM:zJkRxx9txsI:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=e4qQPUZgfDM:zJkRxx9txsI:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=e4qQPUZgfDM:zJkRxx9txsI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=e4qQPUZgfDM:zJkRxx9txsI:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=e4qQPUZgfDM:zJkRxx9txsI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Techcrunch\/~4\/e4qQPUZgfDM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[59,66,26],"class_list":["post-339135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-media","tag-techcrunch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}