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The paradox of planning

Can ‘planning, to be present’ actually be a thing? 📆

The paradox of planning
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When it comes to creativity, there’s an apparent paradox.

You see, you and I both know that creativity stems from presence.

Which means it feels kind of spontaneous; a proper right-brain-consciousness experience 🧠 ✅

And it doesn’t seem like there should be much left-brain-consciousness activity (like planning) going on ❌ 🧠

And yet, when you better understand the mechanics of creativity, you know what’s most important is not stemming the flow 🌊

And paradoxically, sometimes if we don’t do any planning, that really stifles our creativity.

Here's why.