Ideas & Action

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Baby Steps, Big Wins

Making Progress, Momentum, Small Changes, Tracking & Celebrating Wins, The Progress Principle, Systems Vs Goals, The Kaizen Way

Being Creative

The Creative Process, Being Innovative, Creative Brains, Originality, "The Practice", Being In "The Zone", Privacy Vs Conformity

Blocked & Stuck

Creative Blocks, Hitting Walls, Plateaus, Feeling Uninspired, Creative Paralysis, Design Thinking, Getting Unstuck, Morning Pages

Bored & Restless

Breakthroughs Via Boredom, Tedium, Crisis Of Agency, Self-Regulation, Default Mode Network, Brain's Need For Discovery

Clarity

Mental Clarity, Clear Thinking, Brain Fog, Achieving "Stillness", De-Cluttering The Mind, Being Honest With Ourselves, Taking Action

Constraints

Restrictions, Limitations, Embracing "Shakes", Reframing Obstacles, "Can If" Thinking, Resourcefulness, "Stretching", Deadline Effect

Easy As...

Effortlessness, Making Life Easier, 80/20 Principle, Taoism & Wu Wei, Trying Not To Try, Effortless Action

Eureka!

Epiphanies, Aha Moments, Breakthroughs, Sudden Insight, Role Of Boredom, Following "Slow Hunches", How Ideas Are Born

Failure

Making Mistakes, Risk-Taking, Upside Of Creative Errors, Fear Of Failure, Handling Setbacks, Feeling Behind, "The Long Game"

If Life Gives You Lemons

Taking Ideas & Putting Them Out In The World, The Third Door, Turning Pro, "Shipping" Our Work, The Invention Cycle, Plans Vs Strategies

Imagination

Play, Innovation, Trial & Error, Experimentation, Daydreaming, Visualisation, Play & The Brain, Innovation, "Antidote To The Unknown"

Learning Curve

The Art Of Learning, Active Recall, Disfluency, Accelerated Learning, Desirable Difficulties, Curiosity, Learning & The Brain

Lizard Brain

Fear & (Lack Of) Creativity. Fear Of Failure, The Triune Brain, Fear-Setting Exercise, Self-Sabotage, Handling Fear Of Rejection

Problem-Solving

Lateral Thinking, Elastic Thinking, Re-Framing, Functional Fixedness, Divergent Thinking, Design Thinking, Asking Right Questions

Procrastination

Procrastination, The Art Of Delay, Using Procrastination As Stress-Relief, Peaks, Troughs & Recoveries, When It's Good To Wait

The Purge

Expressive Writing, Self-Authoring, Journaling, Morning Pages, Bullet-Journaling, The Spark File, Mind Sweep Technique, Clearing The Head

Resistance

Avoiding Creativity, Putting Things Off, What We Resist The Most In Life, Fear Of Exposure, Unwillingness To Try, The Artist's Way

Rise & Shine

Morning Rituals & Routines, Starting The Day Well, Morning Pages, Two-Minute Mornings, Kickstarting The Brain, 20/20/20 Formula

Structure & Routine

Time Management, Daily Routines, Having Structure In Life, Behavioural & Environmental Triggers, Stoic Attitudes To Daily Routines

Switching Off

Taking Breaks, Stoic Art Of Stillness, Mind-Wandering, Digital Minimalism, Importance Of "Unfocusing", Boredom, Rest, Time Outs

Taking Action

Productivity, Bias For Action, Mental Models, Getting Things Done (GTD), The Zeigarnik Effect, The "Do Something Principle"

The Zone

The Flow State, Flow Triggers, Effortlessness, Peak Selves, Productivity Highs, Stages Of Flow, Hacking Flow, Altered States

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