This document provides advice on creating an effective creative process. It suggests cutting away distractions like people, discomfort, fake work and digital notifications. It advises stopping fake work like excessive research and avoiding the struggle. The document recommends asking for help from coaches, accountability partners and support groups. It also suggests planning goals by breaking them into smaller pieces and soliciting criticism to assess plans and goals. The overall message is to understand your personality traits and design a creative process that matches your personality.
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When you enter the creative
process, who are you?
Are you choosing the right
doors?
Do you have the right creative
process?
A portal to creativity
5. Types of
Distractions
▪ People
▪ Emotional States
▪ Physical States
(discomfort/pain/energy)
▪ Fake Work
▪ Digital Notifications
▪ Curiosity in General
List your top distractions.
Can you cut one or two of them right now?
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7. Types of
Fake Work
▪ Doing (too much) research
▪ Looking for inspiration
▪ Being uncomfortable with boredom
▪ Avoiding the struggle
List an example of your fake work.
Why did you resort to it?
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9. Where to
Ask for Help
▪ Hire Coach
▪ Accountability Buddy
▪ Build Support Group
▪ Forums
▪ In-Real-Life community
▪ Workshop / courses
List your top distractions.
Can you cut one or two of them right
now?
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11. How to
Plan
▪ Define a Goal
▪ Break Objective into Smaller Pieces
▪ Do First Part, how, when, quality
[params]
▪ Do Next Part
▪ …
▪ Solicit Criticism
▪ Assess Plan / Assess Goal
Describe a recent plan.
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12. Big 5!Let’s discover our personality traits.
Because your process should match your
personality; and your personality, the process.
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13. 13AGREEABLENESS: Low
I have typical (average) levels of Compassion, but low levels of
Politeness.
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS: Typical or Average
I’m fairly Industrious and not so Orderly.
EXTRAVERSION: Moderately High
With both mid-to-high levels of Assertiveness and Enthusiasm, I
land moderately high for Extraversion.
NEUROTICISM: Moderately High
My Withdrawal is typical, while my Volatility is high.
OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE: Exceptionally High
For both Intellect and Openness.
Often, I’m easily irritable, reacting
strongly to disappointment, frustration,
pain and the threat of social isolation.
14. Take a moment to rank yourself 1-10 for
each of the 10 traits.
Then rank your partner.
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16. How to
Solicit Criticism
▪ Be Confident
▪ Be Humble
▪ Criticism is Right, BUT…
▪ YOU decide how to fix
Think about criticism you solicited.
How did it feel? Was it useful? What
happened next? Did you ask again?
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18. How to
Automate
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▪ Decide on what will be automated
▪ Understand / Accept Tradeoffs
▪ Use Tools
▪ Tools do not have to be digital
What can you automate?
Once decided; ask ‘How will I automate?
20. How to Engage
Your Mentors
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▪ Do I have the right mentors?
▪ Ways to engage
▪ Fitting engagement into process
▪ How to find new mentors
How do you engage your mentors?
Can you improve this engagement?
How?
22. How to Exercise
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▪ Education; Take it slow at first
▪ Social influence / pressure
▪ Routine
▪ Strength, Balance, Flexibility, Cardio
▪ We are made to move
▪ Nutrition
How do you exercise?
Where can you fit into your daily
routine?
24. How to Get
Good Sleep
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▪ We might all be sleep-deprived
▪ Amount of sleep; Quality of sleep
▪ Caffeine
▪ Dreams
▪ What you think about before sleep
How much do you sleep, routinely?
Can you make adjustments to improve
quantity and quality?
25. Fit your personality to your
process; your process to
your personality
Understand how lights
turn on for you.
Understand where they
turn off. Give them space
to turn on more often, and
see your potential shine
through.
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26. ty!
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someone who could improve
their creative process...
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Thank you -Erik van Mechelen
@5amreading
Editor's Notes
DOES YOUR PROCESS ALLOW ITSELF TO BE UPENDED, TO TRANSFORM?
(Often, I’m easily irritable, reacting strongly to disappointment, frustration, pain and the threat of social isolation.)
(Growing up, I usually scored evenly between Introversion / Extroversion on Myer’s Briggs personality tests.)
I GOT FEEDBACK FROM 50 BETA READERS...WHOA! I HAVE MORE WORK TO DO!
Start Creative Work
Watch what happens
See how it feels
Judge your progress
Share your work
Feel good, bad, indifferent
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