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The Secret to a Creative Life

Written by Dave Morrow
Join the Conversation: 44 CommentsFiled Under: Articles, Habits, The Creative Process

Right now, thousands of people are registering a new domain name for a new idea or business.

  • They are searching for the perfect font for their new website.
  • The best camera, lens, and tripod for their next photography trip.
  • The perfect filter for their next Instagram post.

It feels important.

None of it actually matters.

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The Biggest Mistake Creators Make

Written by Dave Morrow
Join the Conversation: 112 CommentsFiled Under: Articles, Habits, The Creative Process

Complexity kills creativity.

Complexity gives you an excuse not to do the work that matters most because you’re too busy making the perfect plans for it.

Complexity keeps you from just starting & figuring things out on the fly.

You get the same dopamine rush from thinking about completing a project, as you actually would from completing the project in real life.

Planning always feels good.  It tricks the brain to think it’s actually creating something that matters. This is addicting.

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How to Be a Prolific Creator & Double Your Work Output

Written by Dave Morrow
Join the Conversation: 49 CommentsFiled Under: Articles, Habits, The Creative Process

Deep Work Sprints are a technique that I created to produce the optimal environment and mindset for improving and getting things done on a daily basis.

This simple method doubled the amount of creative and business work I get done each year.

You can apply this technique to any type of work; creative, business, or personal.

It will help you to be more productive & improve quickly at anything you’re working on.
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Power Multipliers – How to Get Ahead of the Pack & Stay There

Written by Dave Morrow
Join the Conversation: 61 CommentsFiled Under: Articles, Habits, Problem Solving

Each day, there are 1,000 different tasks seeking to grab your attention.

You have to choose something or stay in bed.

Every single decision puts you one step closer, or farther away, from where you want to be.

Power multipliers allow you to complete 1 task which automatically takes care of 1 or more others, without any added work from you.

  • Doing so allows you to spend your life working on things that interest you, instead of constantly struggling to stay above water.
  • The hard part is determining what is a power multiplier and what is a bad choice, disguised as a good one.

Those who become successful in life, in their own terms, are experts at seeing and executing on power multipliers.

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