creativity > productivity
Dont aim for better ways to get through a task. Instead look for projects you never wanna stop doing. Surrender to your nature.
“The secret of life is to waste time in ways that you like.“
I love this: “Productivity can only move as a line through time. Creativity can fold time itself.” — @farbood
Creativity is not a process. creativity is not scripted.
One of the most salient traits of creative visionaries like Walt Disney and Steve jobs is the absence of process.
Process is an organized way of doing things. But they didn’t have a process. They just did the work. No strict adherence to budget or timelines. Just figure things out on the fly.
... See moreSo much productivity is fueled by negative emotions. You're afraid of getting a bad grade as a teen, so you study for tomorrow's big test late into the night, mostly out of fear and with the knowledge that you'll be exhausted tomorrow. There's no joy in it, just a fear of not being good enough, of disappointing someone, of ruining your future.
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River Kenna • Soul-Making Productivity: A Process Manifesto
I define “creative risk” as the wild ideas in our mind’s eye that we would love to pursue, but don’t because the cost (time, money, reputation...) is too much to bear. As a result, we play it safe in the form of making sequels in Hollywood, emulating successful campaigns in advertising, and “staying in our lane” or what we’re comfortable with in ou... See more
Scott Belsky • Talent Density, Feeling Special as a Service, Moving Past Prompts, and Product Leadership.
They bring an achievement mindset into an activity that has been engineered to produce delightful striving.
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a lot of ambitious people focus 100% on being more productive doing something and 0% on what the something is
going quite a bit faster when you’re going slowly is a really big gain. Going very fast when you’re already going fast is the action of a dickhead.