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

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Start of day-If you start your day working on the most important thing, there's less of a chance for other things to get in the way. So when it gets tired, it’s hard for you to think about the overarching purpose of what it is you’re doing right now, or to keep yourself from checking Facebook and Twitter every 2 minutes.

Quiero aplicar en mi vida esto: para enfrentarme a problemas difíciles, necesito prepararme lo mejor posible (o intentar atacar el problema), dejarlo incubar (que mi mente inconsciente trabaje en él). There's a lot of experiments to "put yourself in the correct mental state" for the work you wish to accomplish. A digital nomad, Kadavy is sharing the tools that have helped him churn out numerous books, podcast episodes, and other writings. Your brain is plastic: Every time your neurons fire, it makes it easier for those same pathways to fire again. How effectively we spend those hours really depends upon how well we can manage and harness our fragile mental energy.In the past two decades we have seen the introduction of digital assistants, smartphones, and smart watches. So he shifted his paradigm, focusing instead on when to do which tasks to maximum effect, based upon his mental state at the time.

I would recommend this book to those of you who are planning any creative project, like writing a book. The Seven Mental States of Creative Work: Starting with the ideas from Deep Work, but realizing there were different flavors, David has done the experimentation and verification in his own life, confirming what he was finding with other creators and teachers and scientists along the way, and given us the fruit, that we can apply in our own lives, experimenting and tweaking as he encourages us. Mind Management, Not Time Management: Productivity When Creativity Matters is a gripping blend of inspiring insights and actionable practices that will make you want to grab pen and paper, put your fingers to strings, or start in on a blank canvas.However, there were two issues that made my reading experience slightly less than ideal: 1) it’s was a bit repetitive; 2) his personal stories were too long— could’ve been summarised without losing the wisdom they impart. Other examples of this include building the financial model in Excel, creating a lesson plan, or crafting a sales narrative.