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

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The book continues by describing the Seven Mental States that move creative projects forward, and how to match your mental state to the task at hand. Mind management involves consciously directing your thoughts, emotions, and mental resources to achieve specific outcomes. The author identifies Seven Mental states and leverages Creative cycles and uses them to create Creative systems. Is there anything extremely pressing, or can I let my mental state guide the work that I decide to do right now?

However, what if the secret to true productivity and success lies not in time management, but in something even more powerful—mind management? Any new venture requires all of my mental focus, but then once I have it down, I can shift it to "back burner"--which for me means essentially auto pilot (I'm thinking of editing podcasts and then uploading them for distribution while listening to audiobooks or CMEs, or doing the same with newsletters). Make time for planning: Making planning a separate, dedicated activity has two benefits: 1) You can do it when your mental energy for planning is high (I like Sunday evenings), so that you do better planning, and 2) It frees up your precious prefrontal cortex to do other activities — since the planning and prioritization has already been done.I would probably recommend this before reading Deep Work, Atomic Habits, and The 12 Week Year (though I did get a lot out of all of those books as well). Synthesizing many core ideas from other productivity books (as a lot of my favorite nonfiction books nowadays do) as well as Kadavy's own insights, this is the book I needed to form a more effective writing practice. Some neurology stuff (like short term memory) should have been explained with more scientific precision when they were used like they were in the book. Instead of struggling to get more out of your time, start effortlessly getting more out of your mind.

My workouts come next, and I've learned that I can listen to non-fiction audiobooks or learning-based YouTube videos during that time and retain the information reasonably well.This book moves from the traditional time management route and discusses about manging our energy and mental states. Es muy probable que mi mente inconsciente encuentre alguna solución por sí sola, ya que los humanos podemos procesar ese tipo de cosas en el 'fondo'. Fight your amygdala: Your amygdala is the oldest one of the older (in terms of evolution) parts of your brain.

net and his podcast, Love Your Work, he helps people find satisfaction through following their crafts, even if it takes them down unconventional paths. His preferred Deep Work style is what Cal Newport’s Deep Work by Cal Newport would probably deem monastic.You can read it and check another self improvement or productivity book off your list, but I think there is enough here that a lot of the other stuff out there fits with this and supports it; or, maybe better said, this book gives us a foundation to build on, taking anything and everything we might have already known to the next level, or even the level above that, if we DO what David has given us.