The Accidental Creative
Future. What would a solution to this problem look like? What would it feel like? What is the ultimate state that would describe that the problem has been solved? Write a few words, then start generating ideas off of them.
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Choice means that by saying yes to a set of practices, you are inherently saying no to a lot of other things. You can do almost anything you want, but not everything you want.
Todd Henry • The Accidental Creative
Activities that increase your personal capacity to generate ideas, such as study, purposeful ideation, or intelligence gathering. These are typically the first activities to go during a busy season, but you must ensure that they find a place in your game plan. If you neglect them for too long, you will find your effectiveness decreasing across the
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Reading, sketching, uniting, podcasts, interesting talks, etc.in otter words following my curiosity
What Cameron is advocating through the practice of morning pages is the act of Unnecessary Creating, creating for ourselves rather than for others. When we spend much of our time in on-demand creating, we can quickly lose touch with the passions that fuel our best work.
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Adams was not taking notes the way that many of us have been taught, by making lists or mindlessly underlining key passages. Rather, he was recording his own thoughts and reactions to the claims of the author. He treated books as a conversation rather than a monologue. Unlike Adams, many of us stop listening to our own thoughts and reactions when w
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Unnecessary Creating should have a set regular time for engaging in this creativity-inducing practice. Building this predictable infrastructure for your Unnecessary Creating will give you something to look forward to and will create a break in the middle of your hectic weekly rhythm. I’d recommend an hour per week as a starting place, but if you’re
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They have cultivated the skills necessary to focus intensely for a period of time, then release their focus in order to assess the lay of the land. This allows them to iterate rapidly and quickly redirect their efforts. They also treat their work activities like investments. They are trying to maximize return rather than simply get through the work
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▶ WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE PROMPTING ON? This final question is designed to help you cultivate group accountability for the work you’re doing.
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You go to work each day tasked with (1) inventing brilliant solutions that (2) meet specific objectives by (3) defined deadlines.