Scared to Fail Your Creative Goals?

Thoughts on sabbaticals and the risk of constant oversharing by Bob Lotich and Jeff Goins

Florian Führen
Nov 7 · 7 min read

“This month, I’ll finally write a book!” — “23 people like that.” Why is it a bad idea to share your creative goals online? Let’s talk about it.

Many writers like to use online platforms like Twitter and Facebook to share part of…

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