Mind Management, Not Time Management

Seven Mental States that effortlessly move creative projects forward.

Four Stages of Creativity.

e’ll find your Creative Sweet Spot, so you can do your best creative thinking when the time is right.
Then, we’ll break down the creative process. Creative work is so unpredictable because progress doesn’t happen linearly.

The next time you set out to be productive, ask yourself, What work am I in the mood to do right now? Then, ask yourself, What do I need to do that fits that mood?

David Allen’s Getting

today’s productivity is about creating the conditions within your mind to have valuable thoughts

As the great sculptor Constantin Brancusi said, “Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them.”

To do the creative thinking we need in today’s world, we need a different way of getting things done.

hen we have extra money, we save a “nest egg.” That nest egg will earn interest and become more valuable in the future. As these examples clearly illustrate, the time we leave unused in the present can have the same effect. Time spent doing nothing today reaps benefits tomorrow. So, when you save time, keep it.

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