Cultivating a State of Mind Where New Ideas Are Born

added by Keely Adler and · updated 23d ago

Here are some other techniques people use to access and maintain the zone:

Introducing a long delay between when you do the work and when it is shown to the world. Annie Ernaux writes about this in A Simple Passion, a memoir about how she becomes obsessed in a banal way with a man who is having an affair with her—the thought that others will read th
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How to Do Great Work
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by Andy Matuschak
andymatuschak.org
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Where Good Ideas Come From
by Steven Johnson
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Letter to a Friend Who Is Thinking of Starting Something New
by Sari Azout
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How to Think in Writing
by Henrik Karlsson
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Early Work
by Paul Graham
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The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition
by Julia Cameron
amazon.com
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