David Kadavy discusses expert strategies for following through on your creative ideas and projects.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The missing “fifth quadrant” of the Eisenhower important/urgent matrix

2) The trick to make big projects less intimidating

3) The Raphael versus Leonardo modes of creativity

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— ABOUT DAVID —

David Kadavy has been a full-time independent creator for nearly two decades. His books have sold well over 100,000 copies and been translated into a dozen languages. He was design advisor to Timeful, a productivity app whose features were integrated into Google Calendar. He lives in a cabin in the mountains outside of Medellín, Colombia.

• Book: Finish What Matters: Make Your Creativity Count

• Tool: Idea Triage

• Website: Kadavy.net

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Exercises: Tension & Trauma Release Exercises (TRE)

• Book: Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity by David W. Galenson

• Book: Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World by Anne-Laure Le Cunff

• Previous episode: 617: Enhancing Your Productivity by Managing Your Mental Energy with David Kadavy

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