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How to make time for your personal projects

The Creative Life

If you struggle to make time for the big creative projects you really want to do, start paying yourself first. The post How to make time for your personal projects appeared first on The Creative Life.

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14 Ways to Increase Creativity, Backed By Research [And Why it Matters]

She Owns Success

Use a little constraint to stimulate creativity You’ve probably heard the saying you can’t rush the creative process. A study published in the Creativity Research Journal found that collaboration was positively correlated to increased creativity. Ask “what if” questions.

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The 5-Second Rule

Charles Leon

This is true also for any form of creative thinking. The first happens because the creative mind needs time to incubate ideas. We must interrupt the desire to avoid taking action, which is why the quickness of the count down works before our assumptions and thoughts have a chance to take control of what we know we ought to do.

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Beyond Getting Things Done: Lateral Action

Lateral Action

It doesn't have to be this way, even on a production line where rules and procedures are essential: For years the Victory Optical plant had been an exception to the organizational age rule: it was operated entirely by foremen and self-made managers like my father, who had worked their way up from the factory floor. How did you manage it?

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The Secret of Walt Disney’s Creativity

Lateral Action

You've probably realised by now that Disney's approach to creativity isn't limited to animated feature films - it's a strategy for success in any creative endeavour. Every creative project needs to incorporate the three aspects of creative imagination, practical action and critical refinement.