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Tag Archives: Productivity
The Dangers of Day Jobs
Imagine if there was a method guaranteed to reduce your personal productivity by 35 to 75 percent. Would you take it? If you could choose to leave your own technology and software tools sitting idle at home, in a comfortable … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artists, Blockchain, Capitalism, Control, Corporations, Creativity, Innovation, Productivity, Rebellion, Self-Actualisation, Value Creation, Work
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Barren Workspaces
Have you ever noticed that artists’ studios and a typical office look very different? The former is filled with tools, reference materials, things to inspire and stimulate the imagination and a modicum of happy chaos. The latter is anonymous, regimented, … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artists, Continuous Innovation, Control, Creativity, Flow, Individuality, Innovation, Power, Productivity, Profit
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Death by To Do List
OK, I admit it. Tonight, I feel tired. I feel tired, ageing and achy. Most of this is due to working hard, but some of it is due to having so many unfinished items on my long-term To-Do lists, that … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artists, Creativity, Expectation, Fatigue, Gratitude, Guilt, Humanity, Limits, Mortality, Motivation, Productivity, Recovery, Recreation, relaxation, Resource, Shame
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What Humans Aren’t
I’ve been a human being for over a half a century now and in that time, you learn some fundamental things. One of the things I have learnt, for which I can find no compelling counter arguments, is something that … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artistry, Artists, Collaboration, Creativity, Economics, Humanity, Intrinsic Motivation, Productivity, Self-Mastery
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A Little Zealotry
If your creative work involves computers, I want you to consider this very seriously. Like all recent converts, I’m a zealot. If you have ever added up all the time you spend waiting on your hard drive to do its … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Computers, Courage, Creativity, Frustration, Knowledge, Productivity, religion, Solid State Drive, Speed of Thought
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Time Vampires
There are calls on our time, either externally-imposed or self-inflicted, that can really get in the way of being productive and creative. I would be the last to advocate a hermitic existence. I think contact with people is vital to … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Creativity, Depression, Despair, Frustration, Procrastination, Productivity
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Motivations
Lately, I have been feeling a loss of motivation. I’m not entirely sure why. All I can say is that my day job has become more demanding and stressful, with the introduction of some major new clients and that it … Continue reading
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Tagged Artistic Freedom, Commercial Viability, Excellence, Freedom, Fulfilment, Motivation, Productivity, Underemployment, Works of Art
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In Praise of Daydreaming
Call somebody a daydreamer and you might as well be alleging they’re a total waste of space. The word is so often used in the pejorative, that the positive and significant aspects of daydreaming have been totally forgotten. I claim that … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artistic, Clarity of Thought, Focus, Invention, Lucidity, Productivity, Relationships, relaxation, Stress
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