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A review by qwintermute
Mind Management, Not Time Management: Productivity When Creativity Matters by David Kadavy
5.0
This book took the author 10 years to write.
The advice is actionable and this is an useful book and a quick read. Well worth the time.
Kadavy advocates to classify tasks not by context (like in GTD; which I tried and hated) but my mental state.
He has a theory of creative work with 7 states (mental states), and he rearranged his life activities to fit the different states. He even relocated to another country (Colombia) to improve his creative output! Talk about dedication.
There are parts that felt non-applicable (I don't run a podcast, newsletter, or write books for a living) but the general ideas felt 'right'. I'll give this a try.
Better than most 'productivity' advice (with is, very strictly speaking, bullshit; nobody test if their claims are true!). Still an n=1 experiment on an author that has tried lots of things and found a system that works for him.
The advice is actionable and this is an useful book and a quick read. Well worth the time.
Kadavy advocates to classify tasks not by context (like in GTD; which I tried and hated) but my mental state.
He has a theory of creative work with 7 states (mental states), and he rearranged his life activities to fit the different states. He even relocated to another country (Colombia) to improve his creative output! Talk about dedication.
There are parts that felt non-applicable (I don't run a podcast, newsletter, or write books for a living) but the general ideas felt 'right'. I'll give this a try.
Better than most 'productivity' advice (with is, very strictly speaking, bullshit; nobody test if their claims are true!). Still an n=1 experiment on an author that has tried lots of things and found a system that works for him.