there's a specific subset of people for whom the best productivity advice is to stop thinking about productivity
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there's a specific subset of people for whom the best writing advice is to stop thinking about how to make their writing better
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caveat: "stop thinking" has limited utility. needs to be delivered skillfully
"stop thinking" is generally not helpful advice because it's delivered to the thinking mind, which will instinctively resist the advice out of self-preservation. the thinking mind wants to perpetuate itself
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@kasratweets
why do you think this is?
maybe these people have an easier time accessing the part of themselves that is productive. in striving for Moar Productivity, the thinky brain actually dampens this connection
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@harleyraygray
yep it’s partly the productivity-oriented brain inhibiting the creative/curious parts
and there’s also just the fact that, after a certain point, further attention on productivity has limited / negative effect on output. just becomes a source of overoptimization/fixation
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@kasratweets
I think the best way to deliver that would be something along the lines of "Stop taking advice, start doing the thing, and don't worry if you're doing it wrong. There's no right."
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@kasratweets
I've gotten a lot out of Michael McDonald's coaching from this perspective. He's informed by "Three Principles" teaching - I've found books in the latter tradition themselves a bit facile, but also insightful
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