Wouldn’t
Creativity * Produvtivity = Success be a better analogy?

To me (rooted in a mathematical M.O.) this would
a) show the Synergy between productivity, freeing up time for creativity and creativity spend towards increasing productivity and
b) show that both depend on each other and a lack of one can’t be made up with “giving 200%”

hope i could made my intention clear, no native speaker.

Excellent article with resounding truths that made me take a step back and reflect.

If I work on what is closes to my heart, first, it will unleash creativity, passion, and nourish my soul. It is this time, I am in the zone.

In the past, when I operate in the zone, things get done. Lateral action occurs naturally. I have put other things in front of what is closes to my heart and the result is soul destroying.

Marcy

Exactly. Yeats called it “the fascination of what’s difficult”.

Your quotes from Steven Covey and others, combined with your insights about squeezing time into moving the important, creative objectives forward, really resonated with me. So often, we’re bombarded with “urgent” messages on the phone, the “urgent” need to answer emails, IM, the need for “Instant” replies to the messages on the Blackberry, unnecessary meetings, power lunches, all take up valuable time. Valuable time that could be more usefully utilized for what we know to be important. Covey reminds about putting first things first. Only we can decide what’s first.

For me, it was painting and drawing. But once it’s decided, every effort, must be made to create the time for serious input in the #1 priority. I used to escape in a bookstore at lunchtime, work late at nights, sometime on long weekends. While at the same time, not forgetting family duties. It’s not easy, but doable, as so many entrepreneurs have shown. Thanks for the reminders. Errol.

You’ve inspired me to take on a personal project that has been bubbling. Thank you!