Mind Management, Not Time Management: Productivity When Creativity Matters (Getting Art Done Book 2)

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The really tough part is that your amygdala communicates with your body even before the rest of your brain (which can handle much more complex thinking). At points, it felt like a privileged person’s obsession with creating the perfect system to nurture and replenish creativity.

The work that needed to be done in this example, creative work requiring focus and concentration to produce a PowerPoint document that clearly communicates insights, requires the Generate mental state, which is “the time to do the work.Mind management is very interesting and the thoughts on it in this book are similar to ones I’ve developed over the years. From the struggles of earlier books to the inspiration he has found while escaping the brutal Winters of Chicago in the far-away climate of Columbia.

Técnicamente si escribieras todos los días, por una hora, durante todo el año, habrías terminado tu libro; si escribieras dos horas al día, lo tendrías en medio año…y así sucesivamente. Meditate: By practicing mindfulness meditation, you carve neural pathways to better process stimuli in your present environment, making you more calm and deliberate. Kadavy acknowledges them and even enlightens us to one of his favorites (David Allen's Getting Things Done).

However, using our time well is only a part of the equation, the other part is ensuring that our minds are able to do their best work within that time, and that different creative activities require a variety of environmental optimizations.