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

by David Kadavy

Rhythms within our bodies and within the world around us make each hour different from the next.

“What has appeared useless labor for days becomes fruitful at an unpredictable moment.”

“Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them.”

The challenge in finding your Creative Sweet Spot is to find a time and place where less-obvious connections get a chance to shine.

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

These are the Seven Mental States of Creative Work: Prioritize, Explore, Research, Generate, Polish, Administrate, and Recharge.

“Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable”

Sometimes you want a tool that can’t do certain things, so you can focus more deeply on the things you can do.