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So how do you actually work with your mind and create things of value? What I’ve identified is three principles: doing fewer things, working at a natural pace, 9

Meaning one with more variability in intensity than the always-on pace to which we’ve become accustomed.

but obsessing over quality. That trio of properties better hits the

Cal Newport • The Digital Workplace Is Designed to Bring You Down - The New York Times

To do our best creative thinking, we need tools that seamlessly support both modes. We should be able to capture ideas effortlessly in the moment, then organize them with purpose when the time is right. This balance between seamless capture and intentionality is essential for supporting creativity.

Sari Azout • The End of Productivity

Once you’ve adopted a collector mindset, start collecting your organization’s best stuff, which begs the question: what constitutes “best?”

Dan Mall • Design That Scales

How do you consistently turn the information you consume into creative output and concrete results? By following CODE... • Capture only the most important information • Organize for actionability • Distill down to the essence • Express your ideas What each step looks like:

Tiago Forte twitter.com

PRINCIPLE #1: DO FEWER THINGS Strive to reduce your obligations to the point where you can easily imagine accomplishing them with time to spare. Leverage this reduced load to more fully embrace and advance the small number of projects that matter most.

Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

maintain a healthy sense of perspective

Cal Newport • How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's Top Students

The essential responsibilities of a leader/company exec, via DHH:

1. Chart the course

Where are we going? What are we building? Who is it for? Any executive running anything has to know the answer to these questions in order to lead anyone anywhere. If you don't have a clue where you're going, any road can take you there, and running in circles

Be a curator

David Heinemeier Hansson • Rework

Dedicate different times of day to different activities: creative work, meetings, correspondence, administrative work, and so on.