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

by David Kadavy

Your edge as a human is in thinking the thoughts behind the doing.

Rhythms within our bodies and within the world around us make each hour different from the next. Some hours are better for thinking analytically. Other hours are better for thinking creatively.

Don’t race against time, walk along with it.

Not only do you think big-picture when you’re in an open space, Donald told me you think small-picture when you’re in a small

It found that stock traders working in the upper floors of a tall building took more risks than stock traders working in the lower floors of the tower.

to be more creative, look for open spaces, especially with a view. To be more analytical, look for closed spaces.

sitting is probably the least conducive position to being in a divergent mindset. But standing seems to help us not only in terms of creativity but also productivity as well,”

“A one-hour increase in average daily sleep raises productivity by more than a one-year increase in education.”

It’s like the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon: When you learn a new word, suddenly, you start to notice it everywhere. Once the word is planted in your subconscious, you start to notice it in places where you normally would have ignored it. Once a creative problem is planted in your subconscious, you more easily notice the solution when you happen upon it.

The Doorway Effect is our tendency to forget things when we walk through a doorway.