2016-01-27
11 分钟So I don't know if you're like me, but on any given, let's say, three month window of time, I probably have between five and ten really substantial and really important projects that I'm working on now, this is above, you know, like the bazillion other minor things that really are less important, that may or may not actually have to get done, and may also be largely just massive distractions from the stuff that really matters.
But there are five to ten things that really matter that I highly to do, that I want to do, that are just awesome, amazing projects.
So examples could be writing a book, designing a website, creating a program, developing a presentation.
These are just some of the things that might be in my basket.
And on a personal level too, it may be reclaiming my health, it may be getting fit, it may be spending more time with friends and family, whatever it is for you or for me, there's something that I've been playing with that I thought might be really helpful to you in terms of figuring out how to approach and how to invest your energies in the projects that really matter.
To do two things.
One, allow you to do your best work, to really do high level creative work, and at the same time enjoy yourself a lot more along the way, feel great about what you're doing and how you're doing it.
And it's the difference between what I call serial creation and parallel creation.
So what do I mean by that?
Well, it's not cereal as in breakfast cereal.
It's cereal with an s, like serial.
And for you computer geeks who've been around long enough, you probably recognize the old serial processing versus parallel processing.
So what's the difference here?
The difference is between doing multiple things in parallel versus doing one thing intensely at a time.
So let's say you have three really important projects that all have to go from where they are now to complete within three months.
Right here would be the parallel approach to doing those projects.
You spend a little bit of every day allocating your time to all three.
So maybe you're gonna spend 3 hours writing a book in the morning, then after lunch you're gonna spend 2 hours painting, because you've got a gallery show that you've gotta get done in three months, and then you're gonna spend another two or 3 hours later in the afternoon developing something for a client, long term client project.
And every day looks a little bit like that.
You've got these three big projects that you're kind of moving forward in parallel, and at the end of the three months, they all have to get done.