Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce. 5 Things You Can Do Today to Make Yourself More Creative, And Productive, Tomorrow. As we’ve noted here before, Simon Rich is a mind-bogglingly prolific creative force. At 29, he’s built a body of work that includes screenplays, novels, magazine articles, short stories, and Saturday Night Live sketches. He wrote his first book at 18 and his latest, a collection of short stories, The Last Girlfriend On Earth, debuted this year.
Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People In Business honoree follows a strict routine that allows all that productivity. Here, he shares five key creativity boosters that you can put into play right now. Know when you work best. When Rich wakes up, the first thing he wants to do is write, so that’s what he does. Work on what you want first.
Recognizing that not everything you do today will be something you’re dying to do, Rich says you might be better off tackling your favored task first. Go for quantity over quality. Rich calls himself a "law-of-averages guy. " Know how you work. Forgive yourself. [Image: Flickr user Steve Ryan] 65 Books You Need To Read In Your 20s. FUCKING HOMEPAGE. How to turn "water" into marbles. How to Plant Ideas in Someone's Mind. Instead of TV, you should watch...