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Procrastination in creative work
- 2. I am Will.
- 3. I draw.
- 11. Why is procrastination a problem?
- 12. Urgent Not urgent Important • Unscheduled work • Last-minute changes • Dealing with late input • Forcing decisions & closure • Thoughtful, creative work • High-quality outputs • Productive collaborations • Training & development • Recreation & family time Not important • Low-value, but required • Non-project emergencies • Miscellaneous interruptions • Administrivia • Over-analysis • Pointless web-surfing • Gossip, idle speculation • Self-indulgent perfectionism http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/07/24/the-only-thing-you-need-to-remember-about-the-seven-habits-of-highly-effective-people/
- 14. Lack of skill Poor time management
- 15. But what’s the underlying cause?
- 17. You don’t have complete control over your Thinking Mind. http://markmanson.net/your-two-minds
- 18. • I’m nervous about the impact to the Platform. • I’m worried that users will not understand. • I think it’s too big. • I’m too restricted by legacy or technical debt. • I’m worried I am not doing well enough. • I’m worried someone will think I’m not good enough.
- 19. What can you do?
- 21. Recognise that emotions are not a choice. Behaviour is. 2
- 22. • I feel nervousness about the impact to the Platform. • I feel some worry that users will not understand. • I have the thought that it’s too big. • I have the thought that I’m not doing well enough. Stop attaching yourself to emotions. Reframe your thoughts.
- 23. Don’t confuse motion with action. 3
- 24. Motion feels like progress. http://jamesclear.com/taking-action It avoids the risk of failure.
- 25. Most people execute linearly, step-by-step. They measure progress by steps they did. Entrepreneurs focus on the goal. They measure progress by accomplishing their goals. http://steveblank.com/2009/11/09/relentless-%E2%80%93-the-difference-between-motion-and-action/
- 27. Flickr: jlaryea
- 28. • Make a mark. • Mess up the canvas. • Write a “shitty first draft”. • Spike it. • Time-box it. Allow yourself to be human. Take an imperfect first step.
- 29. Be persistent!
- 30. Let’s tie it all together.
- 31. Creative work is not easy. It takes motivation. It takes the ability to control your behaviour. Bias yourself toward action. Be entrepreneurial. Stay focused on the goal.
- 32. Thank you.
- 33. • James Clear: The Big Mistake Smart People Make: Being in Motion vs. Taking Action • Steve Blank: Relentless - the Difference Between Motion and Action • Steve Pavlina: Overcoming Procrastination • Flickr user: jlaryea • Steven R. Covey: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People • Time management quadrant: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/07/24/the- only-thing-you-need-to-remember-about-the-seven-habits-of-highly-effective-people/ • Mark Manson: Your Two Minds • Antique Warrior: http://www.universalleonardo.org/worklarge.php?id=446&image=0&trail=0&trailCount= &name= • Cleopatra: https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=michelangelo+cleopatra • Brené Brown: Rising Strong
Notes de l'éditeur
- Why procrastination is a problem and how we can move beyond it.
- I’ll start out by telling you about a hobby of mine: drawing. I have a specific interest in drawing. I don’t draw my own ideas - I copy. I love diving into the detail of masterworks and replicating them. Here are some examples.
- Antique warrior - da Vinci This is drawn in silverpoint, which is not erasable. His face has stretched out a bit :)
- Cleopatra - Michelangelo These may look OK, but here’s the interesting thing: even with the “answer” right in front of me, it can be a big struggle for me to make the first mark - to begin. I listen to music. I think about it. I imagine the finished product. I procrastinate.
- Probably not a scientific term. That sense of “block” when you have emptiness in front of you and you have to create. It comes in many forms.
- The actual blank canvas.
- Empty staff paper
- The initial Photoshop screen.
- A new class in Visual Studio.
- Why should you care?
- From The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - it captures actions and plots urgency vs. importance. The thing is, the most valuable things in life (including creative work) tend to be in the top right - and also tend to be the things most subject to procrastination, because by definition they are important but not urgent.
- OK! What are the causes?
- There are many apparent causes… (Optional extra info) Sometimes we cut the wrong things - like worrying about completing something but still leaving time for TV. You don’t want to do something so you allow yourself to be distracted. Cap Dev! Recognise you may be fooling yourself that you operate better under pressure
- They may all be reasons for procrastination, but there’s often an underlying cause that I’d like to talk to you about…
- The concept of the Thinking Mind vs. observing mind (reptile vs. conscious). TM is always on, always throwing thoughts your way, capturing the events around you and reacting. It is emotion-driven. OM is more logic-driven, and in fact can observe the thinking mind!
- You will always have thoughts and emotions. It’s tough to turn this off.
- Here are some Thinking Mind-driven thoughts that contribute to procrastination in a tech-company context.
- I may sound like a motivational speaker, but sometimes we need to take a step back and determine what drives us. It could be rewarding teamwork, job satisfaction, providing for family, continuous learning, or even something as simple as pay (which is an enabler for life). Taking time to remind yourself of your motivator can help you to re-focus on your work.
- Don’t let the Thinking Mind control you. Observe it, and consciously act despite it. Let’s revisit those Thinking Mind thoughts…
- In order to stop attaching yourself to Thinking Mind emotions, you need to reframe your thoughts. (show statements) It’s a subtle difference, but from this perspective, you can observe these thoughts as statements and logically dispute them, putting you in control of them. So if you’re thinking “I have the thought it’s too big”, you should say to yourself “that’s a load of crap and I just need to start”.
- Motion: preparing to get things done (Example of coding: talking about an approach, thinking, analysing, researching, waiting for external input, etc.) Action: writing code! Splitting the work into chunks and getting stuck in.
- Why do we confuse these two? Motions feels like progress, but it really is just procrastination which avoids the risk of failure.
- According to some researchers… Read slide. This is a practical way to act on our company values and be entrepreneurial. Focus on the goal!
- So that was a lot of theory, but what are some practical tips to overcoming procrastination? Let’s go back to the art example. What do you notice about these two drawings?
- The canvas is not pristine. I don’t know if this artist is actually using this technique or just likes the style, but it is illustrative of my point. The tension for the artist was broken, so getting started may have been easier. So!
- Some of you may be familiar with Brené Brown - she suggests writing a SFD. The SFD just gets it out there. It’s far easier to be a critic than to be a creator. Do your SFD and critique yourself.
- Being persistent will help you to avoid confusing motion with action. Waiting on another team/person/group? It may be worth following up. Stay focused on the goal. But don’t be a dick.