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MAKING IDEAS HAPPEN Notes from [tag]Scott Belsky[/tag] @ [tag]Catalyst[/tag]

The [tag]Creative Process[/tag] is about having an [tag]idea[/tag] and surviving the project plateau.

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1. Make a list of actionable ideas for the future. Review them once a month.

2. Creative Compromise: Seek & Value Restraints The projects that suffer most are those without restraints. A way to do this is to divide projects into a) Increments of time/time lines b)Create milestones/ goals to achieve in each time increment c) Tasks. Decide which tasks are associated with each milestone.

3. Overcome the Reactionary [tag]Workflow[/tag]. We receive an endless stream of email, texts etc. It’s important to create a non-stimuli time frame, whether it’s an hour a day or a block of time each week.
4. Short Circuit Reward System. Short term rewards keep us interested. Some ways to do this: create a game, look at the metrics, seek competition, have a team, accountability.

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Questions

Are you a starter or a finisher of projects?

If you are a starter, do you have a process for making sure projects are followed through to completion?

If you are a finisher, do you have a process/way of getting ideas to begin with?

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For me:

I’m a starter. Love the beginning of new projects or the initial new idea. Finishing on the other hand, it gets boring. I don’t have a system, but after hearing Scott it made me want to develop a system – maybe even steal some of his ideas. I especially like the idea of having a place to list all one’s ideas and then reviewing them each month to see which one’s are actionable.

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