Lesson: How to Schedule Your Day as a Creative/ExerciseL1

Listening Exercise

If you do anything

like program or

or write, you know that it's hard to keep your creative

up and stay focused. Something

a meeting scheduled here will break your afternoon

two pieces which are both too small to do anything creative

and the rest of your day is

. When you know your

day is free, you soar like a creative

, yet people are constantly asking to get things get

even when those meetings are not important to what you are creating, what you need to do is

your day like a maker.You see,

rule the world and they go from meeting to meeting

. They can meet Jim for coffee just to connect without

their productivity. And while managers are usually

and your clients, embracing the manager's schedule is a

for makers. Makers need to block

big enough to do real creative work. So, tell people you only meet at

times of the day that you choose and that it's in their best

that you have time to create.