Good morning,
One of my favorite quotes about productivity is this one by the artist Chuck Close:
“Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.”
I know this to be true
when it comes to my own creative process.
Sometimes I sit down to work and I feel so inspired that my fingers struggle to keep up with my mind.
Most of the time, however, it requires a much more workmanlike approach. I have to sit at my desk
and sift through many ideas. I work and then re-work and then re-re-work the ideas until I arrive at something satisfactory.
Even though an individual writing session might feel like a failure, I am really proud of the sum total of my work over time.
Last week, I was working on one of these creative, thoughtful tasks. I am in the process of redesigning one of my programs that I intend to launch this month, so I need to be productive.
On Thursday, I had ninety minutes set aside to work, but I recognized that I was unfocused and would be easily distracted.
Taking Chuck's words to heart, I knew I had to put in the time, but I also wanted to feel more settled and focused in my mind and body.
To get myself into the best physical and mental state possible, I created a new tapping process for focus and productivity.
AND it worked a lot better than I even thought it would!
The surprising part (or the unsurprising part, if you know tapping) is the simplicity of the process, which involves drawing just six circles on a piece of paper and a brief plan.
This week in the podcast not only do I share the process I created with you, but I also suggest four different ways you can modify it to meet your particular needs.
Watch the video instructions: https://youtu.be/B_6VsXwVfcg
Listen to the audio-only instructions: https://tappingqanda.com/629
I'd
love to hear how you adapt this flexible process to your daily tasks,
Gene
